Commonwealth Electoral (COVID Enfranchisement) Regulations 2022
13Questions to be put to registered secure telephone voter
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13 Questions to be put to registered secure telephone voter
(1) If an individual requests to vote by a secure telephone vote, a call centre operator must be satisfied in accordance with the procedures determined under paragraph 12(1)(b) that the individual is a registered secure telephone voter.
Note: The individual will have a personal identification number and a registration number for requesting to vote by a secure telephone vote.
(2) If a call centre operator is so satisfied, a call centre operator must then ask the individual to make the declarations required by subsection 9(2). (3) The procedures determined under paragraph 12(1)(b) must require a call centre operator, when asking the individual to make the declaration required by paragraph 9(2)(a), to advise the individual that voting in the election includes voting by attending a polling place, by a pre‑poll vote or by a postal vote.