New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 136

136 Absent silent electors

(1) If--

(a) an elector is at a voting centre that is not designated for the electoral district for which the elector claims to be enrolled, and

(b) the elector's name appears, but the elector's address does not appear, on the authorised roll for the district for which the elector is enrolled,

the elector may apply to an election official to vote as an absent silent elector at the voting centre.

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

(a) the elector's name,

(b) the elector's date of birth.

(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 by 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 silent elector after making a declaration in the approved form before an election official at the voting centre.

(5) A single declaration may be approved for both this section and section 135 (Absent voters).