(a) for an eligible
elector to register before voting by means of technology assisted voting, and
(b) for the automatic registration of electors who are registered early voters
(technology assisted voting) and the notification of those electors of that
registration, and
(c) for the making of a record of each eligible elector who
has voted by means of technology assisted voting, and
(d) for the
authentication of the eligible elector's vote, and
(e) for the secrecy of the
eligible elector's vote, and
(g) that the
method of technology assisted voting creates an image file in the form of a
ballot paper (for example a PDF) for each vote cast that is capable of being
viewed or printed if required for the purposes of the scrutiny.
(3) An image
file of a ballot paper created in accordance with the approved procedures does
not need to be in or to the effect of the form prescribed in Schedule 4 or 5,
as the case requires, or print a ballot paper of the same size or format as
the ballot papers printed in accordance with Division 5, so long as the vote
cast by the eligible elector can be accurately determined.
(a) a class of electors, who in
other circumstances would be unable to vote or would have difficulty voting,
would benefit from the approval of the procedures, or
(b) in relation to a
trial of voting machines at one or more voting centres--the trial would assist
in determining whether the use of voting machines would improve the conduct of
elections and benefit the electors using them.
(5) The only limit on the
power of the Electoral Commissioner to approve procedures under this section
is that the pre-condition for approval set out in subsection (4) is met.
(6)
The approval of procedures under this section cannot be challenged, reviewed
or called into question in proceedings before any court or tribunal except on
the grounds that the approval exceeds the jurisdictional limit specified by
subsection (5) for the approval of such procedures.
