Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The officer in charge of a polling place may adjourn polling at the place on polling day if because of riot, violence, fire, storm, flood or another similar event it is not practicable to proceed with polling.
(2) If, under subsection (1), the officer in charge of a polling place adjourns polling at the place, the officer must immediately notify the Commission.
(3) The Commission must decide a day (that is as soon as practicable, but no later than 21 days, after the adjournment) as the day when polling is to resume if the Commission reasonably believes it is not reasonably practicable for an elector affected by the adjournment to cast a vote at another polling place.
(4) If it is impracticable to resume the polling at the same polling place, the Commission must decide the polling place where polling may be resumed.
(5) The Commission must, as soon as practicable, give the public notice that is reasonable in the circumstances of the adjournment and any decision under subsection (3) or (4).
(6) On the resumption of polling, only an elector who was entitled to vote on the day when the poll for the election for the division was required to be held and who has not already voted is entitled to vote.