Constitutional Convention (Election) Act 2011
37Voting in private
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37 Voting in private (1) On receipt of the ballot paper, the person must, without undue delay: (a) go to an unoccupied voting compartment at the polling place; and (b) there, in private, mark his or her vote on the ballot paper; and (c) fold the ballot paper to conceal the vote; and (d) show the ballot paper to an officer and, without unfolding it, place it in a ballot box at the polling place; and (e) leave the polling place. (2) This section has effect subject to section 68.
Subdivision 1 Declaration voting by persons absent from division Constitutional Convention (Election) Act 2011 21 Subdivision 1 Declaration voting by persons absent from 38 Issue of declaration ballot paper polling place during polling hours and claims to vote at the election for another division, the officer must issue a ballot paper (a declaration ballot paper) to the person for the person's enrolled division if: (b) the officer is satisfied the officer's certified list of voters for all divisions has not been marked to indicate a declaration ballot paper has already been issued to the person; and (2) However, if the officer's certified list of voters has been marked to indicate a declaration ballot paper has already been issued to the person but the person claims not to have voted already at the election, Subdivision 2 applies to the issue of a declaration ballot paper to the person. (3) The officer must, immediately before issuing the ballot paper to the