VOTERS will be presented with two ballot papers.
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One will be for the lower house, or NSW Legislative Assembly, and the other will be the upper house, or NSW Legislative Council.
For voters enrolled in the Port Macquarie electoral district, the lower house ballot paper will feature the names of five candidates.
They are, in ballot paper order:
- Melinda Pavey (The Nationals)
- John Klose (Christian Democratic Party, Fred Nile Group)
- Fran Armitage (Country Labor)
- Joe Costa (No Land Tax)
- Carol Vernon (The Greens)
The method of voting for the Legislative Assembly is known as optional preferential.
Voters are required to place the number '1' in the square next to the name of the candidate of their first choice.
This is sufficient for a valid vote.
They can vote for additional candidates by placing consecutive numbers, beginning with the number '2', in the squares next to the names of those additional candidates in order of preference.
There are two ways you can fill in the upper house or NSW Legislative Council ballot paper.
You can choose to vote above the line or below the line.
To vote above the line, you must put a number '1' in one of the squares above line.
You can show your second choice of group and more choices if you want, by putting a number '2', then '3' and so on in the squares above the line.
Do not number squares below the line if you vote above the line.
If you do not want to vote for a group but for individual candidates, you may choose to vote below the line.
To vote below the line, you must number 15 squares below the line, from 1 to 15, for your vote to be counted.
You can put more numbers starting with 16 if you want to show more choices.