ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 133 Claims to vote

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 133

    (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.