New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 223

223 Signatures and marks on electoral papers and ballot papers

(1) An electoral paper that is required to be signed by a person is to be signed by that person with his or her personal signature.

(2) If a person who is unable to sign his or her name in writing makes his or her mark as his or her signature on an electoral paper, the mark is taken to be his or her personal signature, if it is identifiable as the person's mark and is made in the presence of a witness who signs the electoral paper as a witness.

(3) If a person is unable to mark a ballot paper or sign and complete an electoral paper without assistance or is under a religious obligation not to mark a ballot paper or sign and complete an electoral paper with his or her own hand, the person may appoint another person to mark the ballot paper or sign and complete the electoral paper on that person's behalf.