Local Electoral Act 2001

Conduct of elections and polls - Candidacy

57: Affiliation of candidate

You could also call this:

"What it means for a candidate to be linked to a group or organisation"

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You want to know about affiliation of a candidate. If an electoral officer is unsure about a candidate's eligibility to claim an affiliation, they can ask the candidate for proof. You need to show you are eligible to claim that affiliation. The electoral officer looks at the evidence to decide. If the electoral officer thinks the candidate is not eligible for the affiliation, or it might offend someone, they talk to the candidate. They try to agree on an affiliation to put on voting documents. If they cannot agree, the electoral officer might not allow any affiliation on the voting documents. An affiliation is when a group or organisation endorses a candidate.

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Topics:

Government and voting > Elections

56: Name of candidate, or

"What name you can use when you want to be a candidate"

57A: Candidacy for more than 1 ward or constituency or subdivision prohibited, or

"You can't run for election in more than one area at a time."

Part 3Conduct of elections and polls
Candidacy

57Affiliation of candidate

If an electoral officer is in any doubt about a candidate's eligibility to claim an affiliation, the electoral officer may require the candidate to produce evidence sufficient to satisfy the electoral officer of the candidate's eligibility to claim that affiliation.
If an electoral officer considers that the candidate is not eligible to claim an affiliation or that the affiliation claimed might cause offence to a reasonable person or is likely to cause confusion to or mislead electors,—
the electoral officer must, after consultation with the candidate, allow the affiliation that the electoral officer and the candidate agree on to appear on voting documents in place of the affiliation specified in the notice of nomination; or
if the consultation referred to in paragraph (a) does not result in agreement or is not reasonably practicable to undertake, the electoral officer must not allow any affiliation in respect of that candidate to appear on voting documents.

In this section, an affiliation is an endorsement by any organisation or group (whether incorporated or unincorporated).