Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act, 1937

Method of voting.

22.—(1) Every person entitled to vote at an election in a university constituency shall be entitled to vote at that election in the following and no other manner, that is to say, by marking and returning by post to the returning officer at such election a ballot paper sent to him under this Act together with the form of declaration of identity similarly sent to him therewith duly made and completed by him.

(2) An elector in giving his vote at an election in a university constituency must place on his ballot paper the figure 1 opposite the name of the candidate for whom he votes and may in addition place on his ballot paper the figures 2 and 3, or 2, 3, and 4, and so on opposite the names of other candidates in the order of his preference.

(3) Any ballot paper—

(a) which does not bear the official mark, or

(b) on which the figure 1 standing alone is not placed at all or is not so placed as to indicate a first preference for some candidate, or

(c) on which the figure 1 standing alone indicating a first preference is set opposite the name of more than one candidate, or

(d) on which the figure 1 standing alone indicating a first preference and some other number is set opposite the name of the same candidate, or

(e) on which anything except the number on the back is written or marked by which the voter can be identified,

shall be invalid and not counted.