Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The ballot‑paper, voting instructions and information memorandum must be in a form approved by the Minister.
(2) The research body must submit a draft of the ballot‑paper, voting instructions and information memorandum that are to be used at a poll to the Minister for approval at least 8 weeks before the cut‑off date for the poll.
(3) The Minister may approve the forms of the ballot‑paper, voting instructions and information memorandum only if he or she is satisfied that the research body has:
(a) consulted, in the preparation of the draft forms, with a representative, or representatives, of the entities that will be, or are likely to be, eligible to vote in the poll; and
(b) confirmed that the draft forms and the process for conducting the ballot have been examined and assessed as appropriate by a panel formed for the poll.
(4) For paragraph (3) (b):
(a) the composition of the panel is to be agreed between the research body and a representative, or representatives, of the entities that will be, or are likely to be, eligible to vote in the poll; and
(b) the panel must include a representative, or representatives, of those entities.
Requirements for electronic voting
(5) If the process for conducting the ballot is to include the ballot‑paper being made available for voting in electronic form, the panel must, before assessing the process as appropriate, be satisfied that the electronic voting facility complies with the following requirements:
(a) if properly used, it gives the same result in the poll as would be obtained if the poll were conducted without electronic voting;
(b) it allows an entity to record preferences in accordance with regulation 15;
(c) it gives an entity an opportunity to correct mistakes before processing the entity’s vote;
(d) it allows votes to be securely stored and recounted (if necessary);
(e) it allows an entity to vote only once in a poll;
(f) it is secure from interference.