ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 134 Assistance to certain electors

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 134

134 Assistance to certain electors

(1) If--

(a) an election official is satisfied that an elector is unable to vote without assistance, or

(b) an elector makes an oral declaration to an election official in the approved form that the elector objects on religious grounds to vote in the manner provided by this Act,

the election official is to permit a person appointed by the elector to assist the elector to vote.

Note : For example, an orthodox Jewish elector may, for religious reasons, be unable to cast a vote in a written form on a Saturday or other Jewish festival day.

(2) If the elector fails to appoint a person under subsection (1), the election official must assist the elector to vote--

(a) in the presence of such scrutineers as are present, or

(b) if there are no scrutineers present, then in the presence of--

(i) another election official, or

(ii) if the elector so desires, in the presence of a person appointed by the elector.