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Electoral Act 1993

The House of Representatives - Qualifications of candidates and members

50: Effect of registration on wrong roll

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"What happens if you're on the wrong voting list but want to stand for election"

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If you are allowed to vote in one area but are listed to vote in another area, this mistake will not affect your ability to stand for election. You can still be a candidate for election even if you are not listed in the correct area where you are allowed to vote. Your election as a member of Parliament will not be questioned because of this error.

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Part 3The House of Representatives
Qualifications of candidates and members

50Effect of registration on wrong roll

  1. The nomination of any person as a candidate for election, or his or her election as a member of Parliament, shall not be questioned on the ground that, though entitled to be registered as an elector of any district, that person was not in fact registered as an elector of that district but was registered as an elector of some other district.