ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 166 Decision of Electoral Commissioner re validity of ballot paper
ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 166
Decision of Electoral Commissioner re validity of ballot paper166 Decision of Electoral Commissioner re validity of ballot paper
In relation to any election, the decision of the Electoral Commissioner as to the allowance or disallowance or the acceptance or rejection of any ballot paper, including any of the following ballot papers--
(a) a ballot paper of an absent voter,
(b) a ballot paper of an elector who has voted by post,
(c) a ballot paper of an elector who has voted before election day,
(d) a ballot paper to which Division 9 (Declaration voting at voting centres) applies,is, subject to section 172 (Recount) and a review by the Court of Disputed Returns when hearing a petition in accordance with Part 8, final.