ELECTORAL ACT 2002 - SECT 90 Questions to be asked of voter
ELECTORAL ACT 2002 - SECT 90
Questions to be asked of voter(1) Subject to subsection (2), an election official must ask a person claiming to vote in an election at an election day voting centre before the person is given a ballot-paper—
(a) What is your full name?
(b) Where do you live?
(c) Have you voted before in this election?
(2) The election official must not ask the question in subsection (1)(b) if the elector is a silent elector or an itinerant elector.
S. 90(3) repealed by No. 41/2010 s. 12.
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S. 90(4) substituted by No. 41/2010 s. 12.
(4) The election official must reject a person's claim to vote if the person—
(a) refuses to answer fully the questions asked; or
(b) answers the question specified in subsection (1)(c) in the affirmative.
(5) The election official must not reject a claim to vote as a result of any mistake in the electoral roll if the voter is sufficiently identified in the opinion of the election official.