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ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM REGULATION 2016 (F2016L00399) - REG 17

Who is entitled to vote by an electronically assisted vote

             (1)  The Electoral Commissioner:

                     (a)  must determine, in writing, the days on which and times when electronically assisted voting is to be available; and

                     (b)  must determine, in writing, procedures for assessing whether a person is a registered sight-impaired voter; and

                     (c)  may give directions to officers in relation to requests for voting by an electronically assisted vote.

Example:    For paragraph (b), if a call centre operator is not satisfied that a person is the registered sight-impaired voter whose name the person has used, the procedures may include a requirement for the operator to ask the person one or more questions about information provided on an approved list of voters, a certified list of voters or a reference Roll about the voter whose name the person has used.

             (2)  Subject to subsection (3), a person is entitled to vote by an electronically assisted vote if:

                     (a)  the person calls an authorised call centre on a day on which and at a time when electronically assisted voting is available; and

                     (b)  the person informs a call centre operator that the person wishes to vote by an electronically assisted vote; and

                     (c)  a call centre operator is satisfied that the person is a registered sight-impaired voter; and

                     (d)  the person's name is on an approved list of voters, a certified list of voters or a reference Roll.

             (3)  A person is not entitled to vote by an electronically assisted vote if:

                     (a)  the person does not call an authorised call centre on a day on which and at a time when electronically assisted voting is available; or

                     (b)  a call centre operator is not satisfied that the person is a registered sight-impaired voter after complying with the procedures for assessing whether the person is a registered sight-impaired voter; or

                     (c)  the person's name is not on an approved list of voters, a certified list of voters or a reference Roll; or

                     (d)  the person refuses to answer a question asked in accordance with subsection 18(2); or

                     (e)  the person answers a question asked in accordance with subsection 18(2) in the affirmative; or

                      (f)  the person has already voted; or

                     (g)  the person is provisionally enrolled; or

                     (h)  on the basis of any of the person's answers to questions mentioned in section 18, a call centre operator is not satisfied that the person is the voter whose name the person has used; or

                      (i)  the person does not otherwise comply with the procedures for:

                              (i)  assessing whether the person is a registered sight-impaired voter; or

                             (ii)  voting by an electronically assisted vote.

Note:          The person may be eligible to vote by an assisted provisional vote on polling day or an assisted pre-poll vote.



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