ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008) (a) every voter registered on a ward voters roll shall be entitled to vote in the ward concerned for a Presidential candidate, the Parliamentary candidates who have been duly nominated for the senatorial and House of Assembly constituencies in which that ward is situated, and a candidate for the office of councillor standing in that ward: Provided that if the name of any voter does not appear on the ward voters roll, he or she shall be entitled to vote upon production to the presiding officer of a voters registration certificate issued to him or her; (b) a voter shall not be entitled to vote otherwise than at a polling station located in a ward for which he or she is registered as a voter on the ward voters roll; (c) subject to sections 57 and 58, a voter shall not be entitled to vote more than once for a Presidential candidate or a candidate who has been duly nominated for the constituency or ward referred to in paragraph (a). (2) The presiding officer may put to an applicant for a ballot paper such questions as he or she considers necessary to ascertain whether or not the applicant is registered as a voter on the voters roll for the ward. (3) Unless otherwise directed by the Commission, the presiding officer shall require an applicant for a ballot paper to produce his or her voters registration certificate or proof of identity, and if— (a) the applicant is registered as a voter on the voters roll for the ward; and (b) there is no indication that the applicant has previously received a ballot paper or postal ballot paper for the election; the presiding officer shall mark or otherwise deal with that certificate or proof of identity in a manner directed by the Chief Elections Officer and shall hand the applicant a ballot paper. (4) A presiding officer, if so directed by the Commission— (a) before handing an applicant a ballot paper in terms of subsection (3), shall require the applicant to submit to an examination specified by the Chief Elections Officer to ascertain whether or not he or she has previously received a ballot paper at that election, and if the applicant refuses to submit to such examination or if such examination shows that the applicant has previously received such a ballot paper, the presiding officer shall not hand him or her a ballot paper; (b) after handing an applicant a ballot paper in terms of subsection (3), shall mark him or her in the manner specified by the Commission. 57 Manner of voting The voting at an election shall be by ballot which shall be conducted in substance and as nearly as possible in the following manner— (a) every ballot paper shall be in the form prescribed and there shall be printed on every ballot paper— (i) in type of equal size, the names of all the duly nominated candidates at the election in alphabetical order of surnames; and (ii) the symbols, if any, specified by the duly nominated candidates at the election in terms of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section forty-six, each - 46 -