Political parties can also register up to three emblems.
If a party submitting a party list nomination wants a registered emblem of the party to appear on the ballot paper against the party’s name, the request must be made on the certificate of authorisation.1
If a party has more than one registered emblem, any request for an emblem should specify which one to use. If the emblem is not specified, or the registered party changes or removes the emblem from the register of political parties after the nomination papers have been submitted but before the close of nominations, you should try to contact the Nominating Officer (or the person acting on their behalf) as appropriate and ask them to select one. You should also tell them that if they do not select a particular emblem before the close of nominations, you will not be able to print an emblem against the party’s name on the ballot paper.
The Nominating Officer (or someone authorised to act on their behalf) may provide a high-resolution copy of the emblem for use in the printing of ballot papers, or the party may request that you download the emblem from our website. You must ensure that whatever copy is used is in the same form as the registered emblem.
The maximum size of an emblem on the ballot paper is set by the directions for printing. When adding a party emblem to a ballot paper, the shape of the emblem should not be altered. For example, do not stretch emblems into square shapes if they are not registered as square images on our website, as this would have the effect of altering their appearance.
A .zip file of emblem images will be available on our website and can be used by your printer to prepare ballot papers. However, it is the information on our register of political parties that should be used for confirming which emblem to print.