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#### 77 Questions to be put to voter
77 Questions to be put to voter
> > (1) Before being handed a ballot-paper, a deputy electoral officer is to put the following questions to each person attending at the polling place and claiming to vote—
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> > > (a) What is your full name?
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> > > (b) Have you voted before in this election?
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> > (2) If the answer to the question specified in subclause (1)(a) given by a person claiming to vote is not sufficient to distinguish that person from another person on the roll, the deputy electoral officer may, for the purpose of distinguishing the 2 persons, ask the person claiming to vote another question or other questions relating to matters shown on the roll in relation to those persons.
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> > (3) A person’s claim to vote in the election is to be rejected if the person—
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> > > (a) refuses to answer fully any question put to the person under this clause, or
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> > > (b) answers “Yes” or otherwise in the affirmative to the question referred to in subclause (1)(b).