77Questions to be put to voter

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—

(a) What is your full name?

(b) Have you voted before in this election?

(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.

(3) A person’s claim to vote in the election is to be rejected if the person—

(a) refuses to answer fully any question put to the person under this clause, or

(b) answers “Yes” or otherwise in the affirmative to the question referred to in subclause (1)(b).