Presidential Elections Act, 1937
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The ballot papers. |
27.—(1) The votes at the poll at a presidential election shall be given by ballot and the ballot of each voter shall consist of a paper (in this Act called a ballot paper) in the form, as near as may be, set out in the Second Schedule to this Act and containing a list of the candidates described by their names, addresses, and particulars as stated in their respective nomination papers. | |
(2) Every ballot paper shall have a number printed on the back thereof and shall have attached a counterfoil with the same number printed on the face thereof and shall be capable of being folded up. | ||
(3) Every ballot paper shall, at the time of the issue thereof, be marked on both sides with an official mark either stamped or perforated. | ||
(4) The names of the candidates shall be arranged on the ballot papers in the alphabetical order of their surnames and, in the case of identity of surnames, of their other names, and the surname of each candidate shall be printed on the ballot papers in large characters and their other names and their addresses and descriptions shall be printed in small characters, save that whenever the surnames of two or more candidates are the same there shall be printed in large characters (in addition to their surnames) the other names of such candidates and so much of the address or the description or of both the address and the description of each such candidate as will, in the opinion of the presidential returning officer, effectively distinguish such candidate. | ||
(5) The presidential returning officer shall be responsible for the printing and procuring of a sufficient quantity of ballot papers. |