How are ballot papers printed?
Candidates’ names are listed on the ballot papers in columns. Two or more candidates nominated by a registered political party are listed in a party column. Independent candidates and candidates nominated by registered political parties that have nominated only one candidate for that electorate, are included in “ungrouped” columns on the ballot papers. Ballot papers are printed using “Robson rotation”. This means that the names in each column of candidates are printed in different orders on consecutive ballot papers so that no candidate in a column has the advantage of appearing in the same position on every ballot paper. For example, if there are 5 candidates in a column, that column will be printed with one-fifth of all ballot papers having candidate “A” in the top position, another fifth of all ballot papers having candidate “B” in the top position, and so on for each candidate in the column. Using Robson rotation, voters wishing to vote for particular candidates must be aware that
