68Assistance to some voters

68 Assistance to some voters (1) A voter may be assisted by a person (an assistant) in voting if the voter would otherwise be unable to vote. (2) An assistant must be: (a) if the voter is a postal voter – an authorised witness; or (b) otherwise: (i) a nominee of the voter; or (ii) if there is no nominee – an officer. (3) An assistant may enter a voting compartment to assist a voter to vote, but an officer must not do so except in the presence of: (a) a scrutineer; or (b) if no scrutineer is present – another officer. (4) Subject to subsection (3), an assistant may assist a voter in any of the following ways: (a) by acting as an interpreter; (b) for a declaration vote – by completing, or assisting the voter to complete, the declaration; (c) by explaining the ballot paper and the requirements of this Act relating to marking the ballot paper; (d) by marking, or assisting the voter to mark, the ballot paper at the voter's direction; (e) by folding the ballot paper and placing it in a ballot box or declaration envelope, or giving it to an officer, as required by