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ELECTORAL ACT 2004 - SECT 54

Issue of ballot paper

    (1)     If a person attends before an authorised officer for a division at a voting centre during voting hours and claims to vote at an election for a division for which that voting centre has not been declared under section 42(1)(b), the officer must issue a ballot paper to the person for the person's enrolled division if:

        (a)     the person states the person's full name and, unless the person's address is suppressed, the person's address; and

        (b)     the officer is satisfied the officer's certified list of voters for all divisions has not been marked to indicate a ballot paper has already been issued to the person; and

        (c)     the person answers the voter's question in the affirmative.

    (2)     However, if the officer's certified list of voters has been marked to indicate a ballot paper has already been issued to the person but the person claims not to have voted already at the election, Subdivision 2 applies to the issue of a ballot paper to the person.

    (3)     The officer must, immediately before issuing the ballot paper to the person:

        (a)     record the issue on the certified list of voters; and

        (b)     initial the back of the ballot paper.



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