Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2004 - SECT 105

    (1)     For each division, an authorised officer must:

        (a)     open the parcels and remove the unopened envelopes containing declaration ballot papers; and

        (b)     examine each envelope.

    (2)     Subsection (3) applies if the officer is satisfied:

        (a)     the declaration on the envelope is properly signed and witnessed; and

        (b)     the person who made the declaration is entitled to vote.

    (2A)     For subsection (2)(b), the officer may have regard to a roll or extract as in force at an earlier time and any other matters the officer considers appropriate.

    (3)     The officer must:

        (a)     if the person's name:

            (i)     is on the officer's certified list of voters for the division – place a mark against the person's name on the list; or

            (ii)     is not on the officer's certified list of voters for the division but the person is entitled to be enrolled for that division under Part VIII of the Commonwealth Act – make a record of that entitlement; and

        (b)     take the ballot paper out of the envelope; and

        (c)     place the envelope in a parcel with all other envelopes from which ballot papers have been taken under paragraph (b).

    (4)     If the officer is not satisfied of the matters mentioned in subsection (2), the officer must:

        (a)     exclude the ballot paper from further scrutiny without opening the envelope in which it is contained; and

        (b)     place the unopened envelopes in a parcel.

    (5)     The officer must seal the parcels mentioned in subsections (3)(c) and (4)(b) and endorse on each parcel a statement of its contents.

    (6)     A candidate's scrutineer may sign a sealed parcel.