67Arrangements at polling places

67 Arrangements at polling places (1) At each polling place (other than a mobile polling place), polling must be conducted as follows: (a) before any vote is taken, the officer in charge of the polling place must show that each ballot box is empty and then securely seal it closed; (b) the poll must open at 8 am and not close until all electors present in the polling place at 6 pm and desiring to vote have voted; (c) the polling place must be closed at 6 pm and no person is to be admitted after that time for voting. (2) However, the officer in charge of an early voting centre need only comply with subsection (1)(a). (3) Subsections (4) and (5) apply to the conduct of polling at mobile polling places. (4) At the first mobile polling place visited by an authorised officer, the officer must: (a) before any vote is taken, show the ballot box empty and then securely seal it closed; and (b) at the close of polling at that place, seal the cleft of the ballot box. (5) At mobile polling places later visited by the officer: (a) the officer must: (i) before any vote is taken, open the cleft of the ballot box; and (ii) at the close of polling at that place, seal the cleft of the ballot box; and (b) if it is necessary to use another ballot box – subsection (4) and paragraph (a) apply to that ballot box.

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