Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 33

             (1)  Subject to section 37, the presiding officer or a polling official at each polling booth shall hand to each person claiming to vote at a referendum a ballot‑paper duly initialled by the presiding officer if:

                     (a)  the name under which the person claims to vote is on the certified list of voters used at the polling booth, and the person's answers to the questions referred to in sections 30 and 31 show that he or she is entitled to vote; or

                     (b)  the person claims to vote pursuant to provisions of this Act relating to absent voting and complies with those provisions.

             (2)  A presiding officer shall, at the request of a scrutineer appointed under section 27, note any objection by the scrutineer to the right of any person to vote at a referendum, and shall keep a record of all objections.