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Electoral Act 1907
Div 3AVoting
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Division 3A — Voting
Subdivision 1 — Entitlement to vote if person on roll
95. Person may vote if name on roll 163
Subdivision 2 — Polling places
96. Persons who may be at polling places 164
96A. Ballot box to be exhibited and sealed before voting commences 165
96B. When electors can vote at polling places 165
96C. Questions to be put to people claiming to vote at polling place 166
96D. Voting at polling place for person’s district 167
Subdivision 3 — Absent and provisional voting at polling places
97. Term used: vote as a provisional voter 168
97A. Absent voting 168
97B. Provisional voting when required by officers 169
97C. Provisional voting when enrolled under s. 47 170
97D. Provisional voting when not on or removed from roll 170
97E. Provisional voting when name cannot be found on roll 171
97F. Provisional voting if record made that person has received ballot paper 172
97G. Provisional voting if person applies to enrol on day on which they intend to vote 172
97H. Declaration made under this Subdivision sufficient for elections that have same polling day 173
97I. Regulations about absent and provisional voting 173
Subdivision 4 — How to vote
98. Terms used 174
98A. Giving ballot papers to persons who have right to vote or who made declarations 175
98B. Method of voting at polling place 175
98C. How ballot paper is to be marked by voter for single member election 176
98D. Marking ballot paper for Council election where relevant number is more than one if at least 1 above‑the‑line square 176
98E. Voting in below‑the‑line‑squares or if no above‑the‑line squares 178
98F. Assisting particular voters to vote at polling place 179
98G. Person with physical impairment voting at place near polling place 180
98H. Spoilt ballot papers 181
98I. Rules for ballot boxes and rolls at close of poll 182
Subdivision 5 — Voting at mobile voting places
99. Persons who may be at mobile voting places 183
99A. When electors can vote at mobile voting places 184
99B. Voting at mobile voting places to be generally conducted consistently with voting at polling places 185