ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 140 Casting a declaration vote

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 140

140 Casting a declaration vote

(1) After the voter has made the required declaration under this Division, the election official is to initial the appropriate ballot paper and give it to the voter.

(2) The voter, after receiving the ballot paper, must--

(a) proceed alone into an unoccupied compartment in the voting centre, and

(b) record his or her vote on the ballot paper, and

(c) fold the ballot paper so that the vote cannot be seen, and

(d) return the folded ballot paper to the election official.

(3) The election official, in the presence of the voter, must--

(a) place the ballot paper into the envelope bearing the declaration of the voter, and

(b) seal the envelope, and

(c) deposit the envelope in the ballot box at the voting centre for declaration vote envelopes.