Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations28. Returning officer to record applications
(1) The returning officer must:
(a) carry out the following procedures with regard to the issue of postal voting papers:
(i) number in consecutive order all applications for postal voting papers received by the officer;
(ii) endorse each application with the date of issue of the postal voting papers;
(iii) number each postal vote certificate issued by the officer with the number corresponding to the number on the application for the postal voting papers;
(iv) initial the ballot paper issued by the officer;
(v) record the issue of the postal voting papers to the person on the electoral roll; or
(b) follow other procedures approved as an alternative by the Electoral Commission under subregulation (2).
(2) The Electoral Commission may approve computer-based procedures as an alternative to all or any of the procedures prescribed in subregulation (1)(a).