Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ELECTORAL) REGULATIONS - SECT 20

Issue of ballot paper

20. Issue of ballot paper

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

(a) the person states the person's full name and address; and

(b) the officer is satisfied the electoral roll:

(i) includes the person's name and address (or indicates that the person's address is suppressed); and

(ii) 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) place a mark against the voter's name on the electoral roll; and

(b) initial the ballot paper.

(3) In subregulation (1):

local polling place means a polling place within the council area for which the election is being held (but, if the election is for a ward, not necessarily within that ward).



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