New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 152

152 Meaning of "eligible elector"

(1) For the purposes of this Division, an
"eligible elector" means an elector who meets any of the following eligibility requirements for technology assisted voting (and any additional requirements imposed on those eligibility requirements under subsection (2))--

(a) the elector has a disability (within the meaning of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 ) and because of that disability he or she has difficulty voting at a voting centre or is unable to vote without assistance,

(b) the elector is illiterate and because of that he or she is unable to vote without assistance,

(c) the elector's residence is not within 20 kilometres, by the nearest practicable route, of a voting centre,

(d) the elector is a silent elector,

(e) the elector will not throughout the hours of voting on election day be within New South Wales,

(f) the elector is a registered early voter (technology assisted voting),

(g) in relation to a by-election--the elector will not throughout the hours of voting on election day be within the electoral district concerned,

(h) the elector meets such other eligibility requirements as may be prescribed by the regulations.

(2) The Electoral Commissioner may, by order published on the NSW legislation website, impose additional requirements on any of the eligibility requirements for technology assisted voting.

(3) The regulations can limit the classes of electors who may be eligible for technology assisted voting.