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302Order of ungrouped candidates and groups on ballot-papers
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#### 302 Order of ungrouped candidates and groups on ballot-papers
302 Order of ungrouped candidates and groups on ballot-papers
> If, after the returning officer has nominated candidates under section 295, there are two or more candidates not included in a group or two or more groups of candidates for the election, the returning officer must, as soon as practicable, determine the order of those candidates’ names or those groups’ names on the ballot-papers by—
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> > (a) a ballot in accordance with section 303 or 304 (as appropriate), or
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> > (b) an approved method of random selection (including by electronic means).