Constitutional Convention (Election) Act 2011
44Who may apply for postal voting papers
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44 Who may apply for postal voting papers (1) A person may apply for postal voting papers for the election if the (a) is, or is entitled to be, enrolled for a division; and (b) is an eligible person under subsection (2). (2) A person is an eligible person if: (a) throughout polling hours on the polling day, the person: (i) will not be in the Territory or within 20 km of a polling place (other than a mobile polling place at which the person may vote); or (ii) will be travelling under conditions that preclude voting at a polling place; or (iii) will be unable to attend a polling place because of a physical or other disability, illness, advanced pregnancy or another condition of the person; or (iv) will be unable to attend a polling place because of a reasonable fear for, or a reasonable apprehension about, his or her personal wellbeing or safety; or (v) will be unable to attend a polling place because the person will be at a place (other than a mobile polling place at which the person may vote) caring for another person who has a physical or other disability, illness, advanced pregnancy or another condition; or (vi) will be precluded from attending at a polling place because the person is in the custody of the Commissioner of Correctional Services; or (vii) will be engaged in employment or occupation and either the person is not entitled to leave of absence under section 73 or the person's attending a polling place to vote would be likely to cause the person financial loss; or
Constitutional Convention (Election) Act 2011 26 (b) the person will, because of his or her membership of a religious order or religious beliefs, be precluded from attending a polling place during polling hours on the polling day or the greater part of those hours; or (c) the person's address has been suppressed.