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ELECTORAL ACT 2004 - SECT 293

Identification of voters and votes

    (1)     An officer must not make a mark on a ballot paper that would be likely to enable the identification, directly or indirectly, of the person who votes on the ballot paper.

Maximum penalty:     400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.

    (2)     An officer or scrutineer must not, directly or indirectly, disclose any information acquired in the exercise of functions under this Act that would be likely to enable it to be known how an identified voter has voted.

Maximum penalty:     400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.

    (3)     In subsection (2):

"officer" includes a person who has been, but is no longer, an officer.

"scrutineer" includes a person who has been, but is no longer, a scrutineer.



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