Ditchburn v Australian Electoral Officer (Qld)

[1999] HCA 40
Judgment date
Case number
B47/1998
Before
Hayne J
Catchwords

Elections – Senate – Court of Disputed Returns – Petition disputing validity of half Senate election – Validity of ticket voting system – Whether Senators "directly chosen by the people".

The Constitution, ss 7, 24.

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth), ss 211, 211A, 239, 272, 273.