ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 161
Regulations relating to technology assisted voting
ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 161
Regulations relating to technology assisted voting
161 Regulations relating to technology assisted voting
(1) The regulations
may make provision for or with respect to voting by eligible electors by means
of technology assisted voting.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the
regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following-- (a) the
technology assisted voting method or methods that may be authorised under
approved procedures,
(b) the period during which voting by eligible electors
using technology assisted voting is permitted (including a period before
election day),
(c) the appointment by the Electoral Commissioner of officers
to facilitate voting by means of technology assisted voting,
(d) the
independent auditing of the secrecy and authenticity of voting by means of
technology assisted voting at any election,
(e) the provision of registered
how-to-vote cards (being how-to-vote cards that are registered as
electoral material under Subdivision 6 of Division 14) in an electronic form
to eligible electors voting at an election by means of technology assisted
voting.
(3) The regulations may provide that technology assisted voting is
not to be used at a specified election.
