New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (GENERAL) REGULATION 2021 - REG 333C

333C 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 is qualified for a postal vote under Part 11, Division 7, Subdivision 1 and has duly applied for a postal vote under that Subdivision, but has not received a postal ballot-paper and postal vote certificate before 5pm on the day that is 8 days before election day,

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

(c) the elector is illiterate and because of that the elector is unable to vote without assistance,

(d) the elector's residence is not within 20 kilometres, by the nearest practicable route, of a polling place,

(e) the elector is a silent elector,

(f) the elector will not, during the hours of voting on election day, be within the area for which the election is being held,

(g) the elector is a registered early voter (technology assisted voting).

(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.