ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 133 Claims to vote
ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 133
Claims to vote(1) This section applies if—
(a) a person attends before an officer at a polling place on polling day for an election; and
(b) the person claims to vote at the election; and
(c) the officer is satisfied that the preliminary certified list of electors for an electorate—
(i) includes the claimant's name; and
(ii) states an address for the claimant or indicates that the claimant's address is suppressed; and
(iii) has not been marked so as to indicate that a ballot paper has already been issued to the claimant.
(2) The officer must—
(a) issue a ballot paper to the person for the electorate; and
(b) record the issue on the certified list of electors.
(3) Despite subsection (2), an officer shall not issue a ballot paper to a person who indicates that they have already voted at the election.