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An appropriately interested person, such as a losing candidate or a person entitled to vote in that constituency, may question the result (the "return of the writ") in a federal election by a petition to the High Court as Court of Disputed Returns. The Court can refer all or part of a matter to the Federal Court of Australia, but will itself determine questions of validity.[16] A petition must normally be filed within 40 days of the result.
Our article currently has the above but I wonder if it should be reworded. As far as I can tell from the primary source [1] "such as" is unnecessary here. Only a candidate (well I don't think it has to be a losing candidate) or a person entitled to vote (as well as the later mentioned AEC) can file a petition. Maybe just remove the appropriately interested person and such as part? Also I don't see why 'normally' is used here. As far as I can tell there's no option but with 40 days except that if there were multiple elections on the same day it will be 40 days from the last one, and in the case of appointments 40 days of that appiintment. The current wording would seem to suggest that there are some cases whereit can be after 40 days but that doesn't seem to be an option under the legislation. Nil Einne ( talk) 07:16, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
Any person may question the result in a federal election, or the choice of a replacement under Constitution s 15, by a petition to the High Court as Court of Disputed Returns. A petition must be filed within 40 days. The Court can refer all or part of a matter to the Federal Court of Australia, but will itself determine questions of validity.[16]
Any person who had been a candidate in a federal election or had been qualified to vote in it may challenge the result (and similarly for a Senate replacement under Constitution s 15) by a petition to the High Court as Court of Disputed Returns. The petition must be filed within 40 days. The Court can refer all or part of a matter to the Federal Court of Australia, but will itself determine questions of validity.[16]
I think we are close enough to make changes to the article. I made a couple of pedantic changes to wikiain's text, but if you feel they can be better expressed, feel free to edit. Find bruce ( talk) 01:56, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Why is this article using the legal abbreviation "Barton J" etc? It is not in common usage.-- Jack Upland ( talk) 02:53, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
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An appropriately interested person, such as a losing candidate or a person entitled to vote in that constituency, may question the result (the "return of the writ") in a federal election by a petition to the High Court as Court of Disputed Returns. The Court can refer all or part of a matter to the Federal Court of Australia, but will itself determine questions of validity.[16] A petition must normally be filed within 40 days of the result.
Our article currently has the above but I wonder if it should be reworded. As far as I can tell from the primary source [1] "such as" is unnecessary here. Only a candidate (well I don't think it has to be a losing candidate) or a person entitled to vote (as well as the later mentioned AEC) can file a petition. Maybe just remove the appropriately interested person and such as part? Also I don't see why 'normally' is used here. As far as I can tell there's no option but with 40 days except that if there were multiple elections on the same day it will be 40 days from the last one, and in the case of appointments 40 days of that appiintment. The current wording would seem to suggest that there are some cases whereit can be after 40 days but that doesn't seem to be an option under the legislation. Nil Einne ( talk) 07:16, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
Any person may question the result in a federal election, or the choice of a replacement under Constitution s 15, by a petition to the High Court as Court of Disputed Returns. A petition must be filed within 40 days. The Court can refer all or part of a matter to the Federal Court of Australia, but will itself determine questions of validity.[16]
Any person who had been a candidate in a federal election or had been qualified to vote in it may challenge the result (and similarly for a Senate replacement under Constitution s 15) by a petition to the High Court as Court of Disputed Returns. The petition must be filed within 40 days. The Court can refer all or part of a matter to the Federal Court of Australia, but will itself determine questions of validity.[16]
I think we are close enough to make changes to the article. I made a couple of pedantic changes to wikiain's text, but if you feel they can be better expressed, feel free to edit. Find bruce ( talk) 01:56, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
Why is this article using the legal abbreviation "Barton J" etc? It is not in common usage.-- Jack Upland ( talk) 02:53, 9 December 2019 (UTC)