11Entitlement to vote by a secure telephone vote

11 Entitlement to vote by a secure telephone vote

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a registered secure telephone voter is entitled to vote by a secure telephone vote if: (a) the voter calls an authorised call centre on a day on which and at a time when voting by a secure telephone vote is available for individuals; and (b) the voter informs a call centre operator that the voter wishes to vote by a secure telephone vote; and (c) a call centre operator is satisfied that the voter is a registered secure telephone voter; and (d) the voter’s name is on an approved list of voters, a certified list of voters or a reference Roll. (2) A registered secure telephone voter is not entitled to vote by a secure telephone vote if: (a) the voter does not call an authorised call centre on a day on which and at a time when voting by a secure telephone vote is available for the individual; or (b) a call centre operator is not satisfied that the voter is a registered secure telephone voter after complying with the procedures for assessing whether the voter is a registered secure telephone voter; or (c) the voter’s name is not on an approved list of voters, a certified list of voters or a reference Roll; or (d) the voter refuses to answer a question asked in accordance with section 13; or (e) the individual does not make the declarations asked for in accordance with subsection 13(2); or (f) the voter has already voted in the election; or (g) a mark has been placed against the voter’s name on a copy of a certified list of voters, or a record for the voter has been made against an approved list of voters, under section 21 of this instrument or under section 200DJ or 232 of the Act; or (h) the voter is provisionally enrolled; or (i) on the basis of any of the voter’s answers to questions asked in accordance with section 13, a call centre operator is not satisfied that the individual is the voter whose name the individual has used; or (j) the voter does not otherwise comply with the procedures for: (i) assessing whether the individual is a registered secure telephone voter; or (ii) voting by a secure telephone vote; or (k) the individual is not entitled to vote by a secure telephone vote because of subsection 7(1).

Note: For the purposes of paragraph (f), voting in the election includes voting by attending a polling place, by a pre‑poll vote or by a postal vote.