Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if a person attends before an authorised officer at a pre-election voting centre during the hours of polling on a day decided under section 69(1)(b) and declares the person is an elector who:
(a) is entitled to vote at an election; and
(b) expects to be unable to attend at a polling place on polling day for the election.
(2) The officer must issue a ballot paper (a declaration ballot paper ) to the person for the person's enrolled 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:
(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.
(3) 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.