VALIDITY OF VOTE
Voting is done by putting a cross against the name of the candidate or candidates preferred by the elector, and not in the-man-ner followed at the Parliamentary elections. However, the main rule is that provided a .returning officer can clearly see the wish of the voter then the vote still counts.
Should a person through oversight or nervousness spoil a ballotpaper or find that he has so marked it that it will not convey his wish, then all he has to do is to cross out all the names and then hand the spoiled paper to the deputy returning officer. A fresh paper will then be issued. This provision of the rules covering local body elections is not generally known, and there is no need simply because a mistake has been made inadvertently, for a person to forgo his right to vote as he wishes.
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Northern Advocate, 23 May 1944, Page 7
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148VALIDITY OF VOTE Northern Advocate, 23 May 1944, Page 7
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