Party and preference voting

Voters vote for a political party and may at the same time mark on their ballot paper the candidate that they would prefer to be elected. This is called preference voting. The voter casts the preference vote by marking one of the candidates on the ballot paper with a cross. Only one candidate may be marked. The mark must be made in the box preceding the name of the candidate.

Voter is marking an x in the box next to the cantidate
Voter is marking an x in the box next to the cantidate.

If the voter has deleted one or more names listed on the ballot paper, this has no bearing on the count. Nor if a party has registered its party name and announced its candidates can the voter add names to the ballot paper. Any names added to such ballot papers will be disregarded in the count. It is stated at the top of the ballot paper, above the names of candidates, whether the candidates have been notified.