COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 202AE How this Act applies in relation to voting using the electronically assisted voting method

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 202AE

  (1)   This Act (other than Part   XVA and Schedule   2) applies in relation to a vote cast using the electronically assisted voting method as if the vote were a pre - poll ordinary vote.

  (2)   For the purposes of this Act as it applies because of subsection   (1), a vote record is to be treated as if it were a ballot paper.

  (3)   If a person casts a vote using the electronically assisted voting method, the requirements of this Act relating to the person's right to receive a ballot paper are taken to have been satisfied.

  (4)   The regulations may make additional provisions relating to how this Act applies in relation to votes cast using the electronically assisted voting method.