ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 145 Issue of ballot papers to postal vote applicants

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 145

145 Issue of ballot papers to postal vote applicants

(1) If the Electoral Commissioner receives an application to vote by post in an election under this Division, the Electoral Commissioner must determine whether the applicant is entitled to vote by post--

(a) in relation to an application received before the issue of the writ for the election--within 1 business day of the issue of the writ, or

(b) in any other case--within 1 business day of receiving the application.

(2) If the Electoral Commissioner is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to vote by post, the Electoral Commissioner must, as soon as possible, deliver or post to the applicant--

(a) a postal vote certificate, in the approved form, printed on an envelope, and

(a1) if the envelope on which the postal vote certificate is printed is not addressed to the Electoral Commissioner--another envelope that is addressed to the Electoral Commissioner, and

(b) a ballot paper for the election.

(3) If the Electoral Commissioner--

(a) is not satisfied that the elector is entitled to vote by post, or

(b) received the application after 6 pm on the 5th day preceding election day,

the Electoral Commissioner must take reasonable steps to inform the applicant that the application is defective or was received after the specified time.