Constitutional Convention (Election) Act 2011
56Casting declaration vote
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56 Casting declaration vote the casting of a declaration vote by a person issued a declaration ballot paper under section 55. officer to the person, the person must, without undue delay: (a) go to an unoccupied voting compartment at the early voting centre and there, in private: (b) place the ballot paper in a ballot box at the centre or, if the centre is not in the region in which the person's enrolled division is situated, place it in an envelope bearing the name of the division and the centre, seal the envelope and place it in a ballot box at the centre; and (c) leave the centre.
Subdivision 3 Declaration voting by persons whose names are not on certified list of voters Constitutional Convention (Election) Act 2011 31 Subdivision 3 Declaration voting by persons whose names are not on certified list of voters 57 Issue of declaration ballot paper (1) This section applies if: (a) 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 (b) the person states the person's full name and address; and (c) the officer is satisfied the officer's certified list of voters does not state the person's name and address; and (d) the person answers the voter's question in the affirmative; and (e) the person completes and signs a declaration in the approved (f) the officer signs the declaration as witness. (2) The officer must issue a ballot paper (a declaration ballot paper) to the person. (a) immediately before issuing the ballot paper to the person, initial the back of the ballot paper; and (b) immediately after issuing the ballot paper to the person, make a record of its issue. (4) The declaration by the person must state the following: (a) the person: (i) has complied with Part VIII of the Commonwealth Act before the close of roll; or (ii) has made an application under section 15(4)(a) in the circumstances mentioned in section 15(4)(b) before the close of roll; (b) if paragraph (a)(i) applies – to the best of the person's knowledge, no objection has been upheld in relation to the inclusion of the person's name on the roll; (c) the person is not qualified for enrolment in a division other than the division for which the person claims to vote;
Constitutional Convention (Election) Act 2011 32 (d) the person has not already voted at the election.