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Electoral Act 2002
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86 Authors to be identified
(1) A person must not during the relevant period—
a newspaper, circular or pamphlet containing an article, report, letter or other matter containing electoral matter unless the author's name and address are set out at the end of the article, report, letter or other matter, or if only part of the article, report, letter or matter appears in any issue of a newspaper, circular or pamphlet at the end of that part.
1. In the case of a natural person, 5 penalty units;
In the case of a body corporate, 25 penalty units.
Note to s. 86(1) inserted by No. 13/2013 s. 20(1).
(2) This section does not apply to the publication in a newspaper of—
(a) a leading article; or
(b) an article that consists solely of a report of a meeting and does not contain electoral matter, other than comment made by a speaker at the meeting.
(3) It is sufficient compliance with subsection (1) if a newspaper containing a letter containing electoral matter sets out the author's name and the suburb or locality in which the author's address is located.
Part 6—Voting
Division 1—Entitlement to vote
87 Voting at elections
(1) A person is entitled to vote in an election in accordance with this Act if the person—
(a) is qualified to enrol as an elector under the **Constitution Act 1975**; and
S. 87(1)(b) amended by No. 41/2010 ss 10, 11(a).
(b) subject to section 108(1), is enrolled as an elector under Part 3 of this Act.
S. 87(1)(c) repealed by No. 41/2010 s. 11(b).
(2) An elector—
(a) whose name has been placed on the register under section 22(5); and
(b) who has not attained 18 years of age on election day—
is not entitled to vote at the election.
(3) An elector must vote at every election for which the elector is entitled to vote.
(4) An elector may vote—
(a) on election day at an election day voting centre; or
(b) in accordance with any other manner provided under this Part, if the elector is entitled to use that manner of voting.
Division 2—Voting at an election day voting centre