Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body Act 2008
133Claims to vote
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133 Claims to vote (1) This section applies if a person attends before an officer at a polling place during the polling period for an ATSIEB election and claims to vote at the election. (2) The officer (the issuing officer) must give the person a ballot paper if satisfied that— (a) the certified list of electors— (i) states the person’s name; and (ii) states an address for the person or indicates that the person’s address is suppressed; and (iii) has not been marked in a way that indicates that a ballot paper has already been issued to the person; and (b) no challenge has been made under section 133A in relation to the person. (3) Despite subsection (1), an officer must not issue a ballot paper to a person who indicates that they have already voted at the election.
Modification [1.41] (4) Immediately after issuing a ballot paper to a claimant, the officer must record the issue on the certified list of electors. [1.41] New sections 133A and 133B