Western Australian Current Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 98F

98F .         Assisting particular voters to vote at polling place

        (1)         This section applies if a voter who is voting at a polling place cannot vote without assistance because the voter has a sight impairment or other physical impairment or has insufficient literacy skills.

        (2)         The voter may nominate a person (the nominated person ) to assist the voter.

        (3)         The nominated person cannot be a candidate in the election or an election campaign worker.

        (4)         The nominated person must mark the voter’s vote on the ballot paper in the presence of an officer working at the polling place according to the directions of the voter and must —

            (a)         fold the ballot paper to conceal the vote and, subject to section 98G(2) —

                  (i)         if the voter is a claim voter — deposit the folded ballot paper in the ballot box; or

            (b)         if the voter is a declaration voter — deal with the ballot paper in accordance with the method prescribed under section 97I(3)(b);

                and

            (b)         otherwise carry out any of the functions of the voter under this Subdivision according to the directions of the voter; and

            (c)         leave the polling place.

        (5)         Without limiting subsection (4), the voter may indicate the manner in which the voter wishes the ballot paper to be marked by presenting to the nominated person a statement in writing (which may be, or include, a registered how-to-vote card) that specifies the manner in which the ballot paper is to be marked.

        [Section 98F inserted: No. 30 of 2023 s. 80.]