New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 135

135 Absent voters

(1) An elector at a voting centre that is not designated for the electoral district for which the elector claims to be enrolled may apply to an election official to vote as an absent voter at the voting centre.

(2) The elector must give to the election official at the voting centre the following information--

(a) the elector's name and date of birth,

(b) the address in the electoral district for which the elector claims to be enrolled.

(3) The election official may, if he or she thinks fit, and at the request of any scrutineer must, put to the elector any of the questions set out in section 128 that are applicable to the case.

(4) If the elector answers the questions satisfactorily, or if no questions are put to him or her, the elector is to be permitted to vote as an absent voter after making a declaration in the approved form before an election official at the voting centre.