Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT - SECT 52

    (1)     If a person attends before an authorised officer for a division at a polling place during polling hours and claims to vote at an election, the officer must issue a ballot paper to the person for the division if:

        (a)     the person states the person's full name and, unless the person's address is suppressed, the person's address; and

        (b)     the officer is satisfied the officer's certified list of voters for the division:

            (i)     states the person's name; and

            (ii)     states an address for the person or indicates the person's address is suppressed; and

            (iii)     has not been marked to indicate a ballot paper has already been issued to the person; and

        (c)     the person answers the voter's question in the affirmative.

    (2)     The officer must, immediately before issuing the ballot paper to the person:

        (a)     record the issue on the certified list of voters; and

        (b)     initial the back of the ballot paper.