Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The ballot - paper, voting instructions and information memorandum must be in a form approved by the Minister.
(2) The research body must submit a draft of the ballot - paper, voting instructions and information memorandum that are to be used at a poll to the Minister for approval at least 8 weeks before the cut - off date for the poll.
(3) The Minister may approve the forms of the ballot - paper, voting instructions and information memorandum only if he or she is satisfied that the research body has:
(a) consulted, in the preparation of the draft forms, with a representative, or representatives, of the entities that will be, or are likely to be, eligible to vote in the poll; and
(b) confirmed that the draft forms and the process for conducting the ballot have been examined and assessed as appropriate by a panel formed for the poll.
(a) the composition of the panel is to be agreed between the research body and a representative, or representatives, of the entities that will be, or are likely to be, eligible to vote in the poll; and
(b) the panel must include a representative, or representatives, of those entities.
Requirements for electronic voting
(5) If the process for conducting the ballot is to include the ballot - paper being made available for voting in electronic form, the panel must, before assessing the process as appropriate, be satisfied that the electronic voting facility complies with the following requirements:
(a) if properly used, it gives the same result in the poll as would be obtained if the poll were conducted without electronic voting;
(b) it allows an entity to record preferences in accordance with regulation 15;
(c) it gives an entity an opportunity to correct mistakes before processing the entity's vote;
(d) it allows votes to be securely stored and recounted (if necessary);
(e) it allows an entity to vote only once in a poll;
(f) it is secure from interference.