ELECTORAL ACT 2002 - SECT 94 Electors requiring assistance

ELECTORAL ACT 2002 - SECT 94

    (1)     If an elector satisfies an election official that the elector requires assistance to vote, the election official must permit a person appointed by the elector to assist the elector to vote.

    (2)     If an elector fails to appoint a person under subsection (1), the election official must assist the elector to vote—

        (a)     in the presence of any scrutineer; or

        (b)     if there is no scrutineer present, then in the presence of—

              (i)     another election official; or

              (ii)     if the elector so desires, in the presence of a person appointed by the elector.

    (3)     If an elector satisfies an election official that the elector is physically incapable of entering the voting centre, the election official may allow the elector to vote outside the voting centre, in close proximity to the voting centre.