COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 200DL Assistance to certain voters
COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 200DL
Assistance to certain voters(1) If the voter satisfies a voting officer that the voter cannot read or is so disabled as to be unable to vote without assistance, a person chosen by the voter may, according to the directions of the voter, do any of the following acts:
(d) enter an unoccupied compartment of the voting place with the voter and mark the voter's vote on the ballot paper;
(e) fold the ballot paper and deposit it in a ballot - box.
(2) Directions under subsection (1) may be given by reference to a how - to - vote card.
(3) The other provisions of this Division have effect subject to
this section.