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ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 79

79—Vote to be marked in private

        (1)         Subject to this Part, the voter, on receipt of the ballot paper (not being a declaration ballot paper) must without delay—

            (a)         retire alone to some unoccupied compartment of the booth, and there, in private, mark his or her vote on the ballot paper; and

            (b)         deposit the ballot paper in the ballot box; and

            (c)         leave the booth.

        (2)         Subject to this Part, where the voter makes a declaration vote, the voter must—

            (a)         sign the appropriate declaration on the envelope that is to contain the ballot paper in the presence of an officer (who must sign the envelope as witness); and

            (b)         retire alone to some unoccupied compartment of the booth and there, in private, mark his or her vote on the ballot paper; and

            (c)         enclose the ballot paper in the envelope, seal the envelope and deposit it in the ballot box; and

            (d)         leave the booth.



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