Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The elector must show the elector's unmarked postal voting papers to an authorised witness.
(2) The elector must, in the presence of the witness, sign his or her name on the postal vote certificate.
(3) The witness must:
(a) sign his or her name on the postal vote certificate; and
(b) insert the date and time.
(4) The elector must, in the presence of the witness but so that the witness cannot see the vote:
(a) mark his or her vote on the declaration ballot paper; and
(b) fold the ballot paper and place it in the envelope bearing the postal vote certificate and seal the envelope.
(5) However, if the elector is so physically incapacitated that the elector is unable to mark the ballot paper without assistance or is illiterate, the witness must:
(a) mark the elector's ballot paper in accordance with the elector's instructions; and
(b) fold the ballot paper and place it in the envelope bearing the postal vote certificate and seal the envelope.
(6) Section 87 applies, with the necessary changes, in relation to the elector as if a reference in the section to an officer were a reference to the authorised witness.
(7) As soon as practicable after subsection (4) or (5) is complied with, the elector must send the envelope to the Commission.