SCHEDULE 1APPLICATION WITH MODIFICATIONS OF PROVISIONS OF THE 1983 ACT, THE ELECTIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ACT 1985 AND THE 1985 ACT
ANNEXForm of front of ballot paper
Directions as to printing the ballot paper
1. Nothing is to be printed on the ballot paper except in accordance with these directions.
2. The following arrangements shall be observed in the printing of the front of the ballot paper—
(a)apart from the instructions “Mark order of preference in space below ” in the top left-hand corner no other word or words shall be printed on the ballot paper except the particulars of the candidates and words forming part of emblems;
(b)no rules shall be printed on the face except the horizontal lines separating the headings from the particulars of the candidates and the particulars of the candidates from one another and the vertical rule separating those particulars and emblems from the spaces on the left side of the paper where the order of preference is to be marked;
(c)the whole space between the top and the bottom of the paper shall be equally divided between the candidates by the rules separating their particulars.
3.—(a) The front of the ballot paper shall contain the names, addresses and descriptions, if any, of the candidates standing nominated. The names shall be arranged alphabetically in the order of surnames, or if there are two or more candidates bearing the same surname, in alphabetical order of their other names, or if the names are the same, in the alphabetical order of their home addresses or descriptions;
(b)the surname of each candidate shall be printed by itself in large capitals, and his full name, address and description (as given on the statement of persons nominated) shall be printed underneath in ordinary type;
(c)where the surnames of two or more candidates are the same there shall be printed in small capitals the other names of such candidates and if those are the same so much of the descriptions or home addresses of such candidates as will enable the electors to distinguish between them;
(d)the list of candidates shall be arranged either in one continuous column or in two or more columns in such manner (without departing from the alphabetical order) as, in the opinion of the returning officer, is best for marking and counting;
(e)the ballot papers shall be numbered consecutively on the back and the front of the counterfoil attached to each ballot paper shall bear the same number. The numbers on ballot papers shall be printed in the smallest type compatible with legibility and shall be printed on or about the centre of the paper.
4. Where an emblem is to be printed against a candidate’s particulars—
(a)it shall be printed between the candidate’s particulars and the vertical rule separating the candidate’s particulars from the spaces where the vote is to be marked, and
(b)its size as printed shall not exceed two centimetres square.