ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 131 Procedures for voting

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 131

    (1)     At an election, an elector may cast an ordinary or declaration vote in accordance with division 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 or 10.5.

    (2)     An elector who is entitled to vote at an election may cast a vote on polling day at any polling place in the ACT, whether or not the polling place is in the electorate for which the elector is enrolled.

    (3)     If there is electronic voting at a polling place, an elector may vote using a paper ballot paper or an electronic ballot paper.

    (4)     To remove any doubt, subsection (2) does not give an elector detained in lawful custody any right to leave, or be released from, the place of custody to cast a vote.