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ELECTORAL ACT 2004 - SECT 71

Issue of ballot paper

    (1)     This section applies if a person attends before an authorised officer at an early voting centre during voting hours and declares the person is an elector who is entitled to vote at the election.

    (2)     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:

            (i)     states the person's name; and

            (ii)     states an address for the person or indicates the person's address is suppressed; and

            (iii)     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.

    (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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