110HCommission to approve procedures for electronic assisted voting

110H Commission to approve procedures for electronic assisted voting

(1) The Commission may approve procedures to facilitate voting by a prescribed eligible class or classes of electors at an election by means of electronic assisted voting.

(2) The Commission may engage an independent person or auditor to conduct audits of the computer program, systems and information technology used under the approved procedures.

Division 3—General

S. 110HA inserted by No. 30/2018 s. 32.

110HA Definition

In this Part, electronic assisted voting includes voting by the use of electronic equipment, telephone or other technology.

S. 110HB inserted by No. 30/2018 s. 32.

110HB Approval of computer program or system for electronic voting and electronic assisted voting

(1) The Commission may approve a computer program or system to enable electronic voting and electronic assisted voting if the Commission is satisfied that the criteria specified in subsection (2) apply.

(2) The criteria are—

(a) the proper use of the computer program or system will give the same result in the recording of votes in an election as would be obtained if no computer program or system was used in the recording of votes;

(b) the computer program or system will enable a visual display or auditory description (including the names and order of the candidates and other details about the candidates as they appear on the ballot-paper) of the ballot-paper and voting instructions to be provided to an elector so that the elector may vote using a touch screen or a keypad;

(c) the computer program or system will enable an elector to select consecutive preferences beginning with the figure "1" or, in the case of an election for the Legislative Council, to select only one party or group in accordance with section 93A(2)(a);

(d) the computer program or system allows an elector to correct a mistake before the vote is processed by the computer program;

(e) the computer program or system allows an elector to give an informal vote by selecting no preferences for any candidate or by voting for less than the number of vacancies to be filled at the election;

(f) the computer program or system allows an elector to abandon for any reason the electronic ballot‑paper without completing the vote;

(g) the computer program or system can produce a paper record of each vote cast using an electronic ballot-paper to enable the counting of votes in the election;

(h) the computer program or system will prevent any person from ascertaining the vote of a particular elector.