Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT - SECT 55

    (1)     Subject to section 87, this section prescribes the requirements for casting a declaration vote under this Subdivision.

    (2)     After the issue of the declaration ballot paper to the person:

        (a)     the person must go to an unoccupied voting compartment at the polling place and there, in private:

            (i)     mark his or her vote on the ballot paper; and

            (ii)     fold the ballot paper to conceal the vote; and

        (b)     the person must return the folded ballot paper to the officer; and

        (c)     the officer must, in the presence of the person, without unfolding the ballot paper, place it in an envelope bearing the name of the person's enrolled division and the name of the polling place, seal the envelope and place it in a ballot box at the polling place; and

        (d)     the person must then leave the polling place.

    (3)     The person must act under subsection (2) without delay.