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Electoral Act 1907
Subdiv 6Postal voting
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Subdivision 6 — Postal voting
100. Terms used 186
100A. Fixing day for commencement of postal application period 186
100B. Postal vote applications 187
100C. Dealing with postal vote applications 188
100D. Sending postal ballot papers 189
100E. Replacing postal ballot papers 190
100F. Informing political parties and candidates of postal voters 191
100G. Method of postal voting 192
100H. Return of postal ballot paper unopened by elector 193
100I. Assisting elector to vote by postal voting 194
100J. Offence to sign declaration as another person 195
100K. Postal voting in particular places 195
100L. Electoral Commissioner must store postal ballot papers until scrutinised 196
100M. Preliminary scrutiny of declarations relating to postal ballot papers 196
100N. Decisions in relation to postal ballot papers subject to review by Court of Disputed Returns 198
100O. Dealing with postal ballot papers 198
100P. Offences in relation to postal vote applications and applications to be general postal voter 198
100Q. Offences about influencing persons in relation to postal voting 199
100R. Offence about false statements in relation to postal voting 200
100S. Offences about marking postal ballot papers 200
100T. Offences about custody of documents 200
100U. Regulations about postal voting 201
100V. Electors enrolled under s. 47 who vote by postal voting taken to have made declaration 202