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Electoral Act 2004
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111 Checking postal voting papers
(1) An authorised officer for the division must compare the signature of
the elector on the elector's postal vote certificate with the signature
of the elector on the elector's application:
(a) under the Commonwealth Act for registration as a general
postal voter; or
(b) under section 60 for postal voting papers.
(2) Subsection (3) applies if the officer is satisfied:
(a) the elector's postal vote certificate is signed and the elector's
signature on the certificate is that of the elector who signed
the application; and
(c) the vote marked on the declaration ballot paper contained in
the envelope purports to have been cast before 6 pm on
election day.
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(3) The officer must place the envelope unopened in a locked or sealed
ballot box marked "Postal Ballot Box".
subsection (2), the officer must mark the unopened envelope with
the word "rejected" before placing it in the Postal Ballot Box.