75Arrangements at polling places

#### 75 Arrangements at polling places 75 Arrangements at polling places > > (1) The returning officer is to make all the necessary arrangements for taking the poll at polling places. > > > (2) Immediately before proceeding to take the poll at each polling place, a deputy electoral officer must exhibit for the inspection of any candidate, scrutineer or other person present, a ballot-box open and empty and must immediately afterwards close and seal it and place it on the table at which the officer is to preside in full view of all persons present at the polling place. > > > (3) A ballot-box must be kept, sealed and unopened, at the polling place until the close of the poll, except as provided by this clause. > > > (4) A ballot-box at a special polling place must— > > > > > (a) be closed and sealed by a deputy electoral officer at the end of voting on any day on which votes have been cast at the special polling place, to prevent an additional ballot-paper being put into the ballot-box without breaking the seal, and > > > > > (b) be transported, or caused to be transported, by the deputy electoral officer to a polling place specified by the returning officer for scrutiny and counting in accordance with Division 6 at the close of the poll. > > > (5) For the purposes of Division 6, a ballot-box transported to a polling place in accordance with subclause (4)(b) is taken to be a ballot-box containing ballot-papers of electors voting at that polling place. > > > (6) Despite subclause (3), the ballot-box used at a special polling place may, with the approval of the returning officer, be re-used at another special polling place without being emptied. > > > (7) If a ballot-box is to be re-used without being emptied, a deputy electoral officer must— > > > > > (a) exhibit for the inspection of any candidate, scrutineer or other person present at the second or subsequent special polling place, the unbroken seal affixed to the ballot-box in accordance with subclause (4)(a), and > > > > > (b) break the seal to allow ballot-papers to be added to the ballot-box, while the special polling place is open, and > > > > > (c) place the ballot-box on the table at which the deputy electoral officer is to preside in full view of all persons present at the polling place.