Part 8Election petitions
233More than 1 petition relating to same election
Where more petitions than 1 are presented relating to the same election or return, all those petitions shall be dealt with as 1 petition.
Electoral Act 1993
Election petitions
233: More than 1 petition relating to same election
"What happens when there's more than one complaint about the same election"
If you have more than one petition about the same election, they will all be treated as one petition. You will not have separate cases for each petition. All the petitions will be dealt with together, as if they were a single petition.
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