Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(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, the officer must issue a ballot paper (a declaration ballot paper ) to the person for the 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 the division:
(i) does not state the person's name and address; or
(ii) has been marked to indicate a ballot paper has already been issued to the person but the person declares the person has not already voted at the election; and
(c) the person completes and signs a declaration in the approved form in the presence of the officer; and
(d) the officer signs the declaration as witness.
(1A) A person to whom subsection (1)(b)(i) applies may be required to provide proof of identity in accordance with section 98AA(2) of the Commonwealth Act.
(2) In addition, if a person mentioned in section 54(2) attends before an authorised officer for a division at a voting centre during voting hours and claims to vote at an election, the officer must issue a ballot paper (also a declaration 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 the person's enrolled division used by the officer has been marked to indicate a ballot paper has already been issued to the person but the person declares the person has not already voted at the election; and
(c) the person completes and signs a declaration in the approved form in the presence of the officer; and
(d) the officer signs the declaration as witness.
(3) The officer must:
(a) immediately before issuing the ballot paper to the person, initial the back of the ballot paper; and
(b) immediately after issuing the ballot paper to the person, make a record of its issue.
(4) The declaration by a person to whom subsection (1)(b)(i) applies must state the following:
(a) the person:
(i) has complied with Part VIII of the Commonwealth Act before the close of roll; or
(ii) is eligible to enrol under Part VIII of the Commonwealth Act;
(b) to the best of the person's knowledge no objection has been upheld in relation to the inclusion of the person's name on the roll;
(c) the person is not qualified for enrolment in a division other than the division for which the person claims to vote;
(d) the person has not already voted at the election.
(5) The declaration by a person to whom subsection (1)(b)(ii) or (2) applies must state the person has not already voted at the election.