New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORATES AND ELECTIONS REGULATION 2008 - REG 29

29 Postal votes received by polling place manager

(1) For the purposes of section 114H (2) of the Act, the prescribed manner in which a polling place manager is to deal with an envelope delivered to the polling place manager in accordance with that subsection is as follows:

(a) the polling place manager must endorse on the envelope the words “Received by me atpolling place” and add his or her signature, the words “Polling Place Manager” and the date,

(b) the polling place manager must then make a record of the name of the voter and the name of the district appearing in the postal vote certificate,

(c) the polling place manager must then deposit the envelope in the ballot box used for the purpose of postal polling at the polling place,

(d) at the close of the poll, the polling place manager must forward all the envelopes bearing postal vote certificates to the returning officer for whom the polling place manager is acting,

(e) the polling place manager must forward to the returning officer for whom the polling place manager is acting the record made under paragraph (b).

(2) A returning officer who receives envelopes under subclause (1) (d) is to deal with them in the manner prescribed by clause 28 (c).