How electors must vote

In force

(1)

An elector must vote in accordance with—

(a)

if the elector votes using electronically assisted voting—the procedures approved under section 121B(3); or

(b)

otherwise—subsections (2) and (3).

(2)

An elector must vote by writing on a ballot paper—

(a)

the number 1 in the square opposite the name of the candidate for whom the elector votes as the elector’s first preference; and

(b)

the numbers 2, 3 and so on in the squares opposite the names of all the other candidates to indicate the order of the elector’s preferences for them.

(3)

The numbers mentioned in subsection (2)(b) must be consecutive numbers, without the repetition of a number.

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