Constitutional Convention (Election) Act 2011
55Issue of declaration ballot paper
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55 Issue of declaration ballot paper (1) This section applies if a person attends before an authorised officer at an early voting centre during the hours of polling on a day decided under section 53(1)(b) and declares he or she is an elector who: (a) is entitled to vote at the election; and (b) expects to be unable to attend at a polling place on the polling day for the election.
Constitutional Convention (Election) Act 2011 30 (2) 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: (i) states the person's name; and (ii) states an address for the person or indicates the person's address is suppressed; and (iii) has not been marked to indicate a ballot paper has already been issued to the person; and (3) The officer must, immediately before issuing the ballot paper to the