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COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 241

Adjournment of polling

                   The presiding officer may adjourn the polling from day to day in any case where polling is interrupted by:

                     (a)  riot or open violence; or

                     (b)  the threat of riot or open violence; or

                     (c)  storm, tempest, flood or an occurrence of a similar kind; or

                     (d)  a health hazard; or

                     (e)  a fire or the activation of fire safety equipment (such as sprinklers or alarms); or

                      (f)  anything else related to:

                              (i)  the safety of voters; or

                             (ii)  difficulties in the physical conduct of the voting.



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