Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) An authorised officer for the division must compare the signature of the elector on the elector's postal vote certificate with the signature of the elector on the elector's application:
(a) under the Commonwealth Act for registration as a general postal voter; or
(b) under section 60 for postal voting papers.
(2) Subsection (3) applies if the officer is satisfied:
(a) the elector's postal vote certificate is signed and the elector's signature on the certificate is that of the elector who signed the application; and
(c) the vote marked on the declaration ballot paper contained in the envelope purports to have been cast before 6 pm on election day.
(3) The officer must place the envelope unopened in a locked or sealed ballot box marked "Postal Ballot Box".
(4) If the officer is not satisfied of the matters mentioned in subsection (2), the officer must mark the unopened envelope with the word "rejected" before placing it in the Postal Ballot Box.