Electoral Act 2004
53Voting in private
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53 Voting in private (1) On receipt of the ballot paper, the person must, without delay: (a) go to an unoccupied voting compartment at the voting centre; and (b) there, in private, mark the person's vote on the ballot paper; and (c) fold the ballot paper to conceal the vote; and (d) show the ballot paper to an officer and, without unfolding it, place it in a ballot box at the voting centre; and (e) leave the voting centre. (2) This section has effect subject to section 87.
Subdivision 1 Voting by certain persons absent from division Electoral Act 2004 32 Division 3 Absent and declaration voting on election day at Subdivision 1 Voting by certain persons absent from division 54 Issue of ballot paper voting centre during voting hours and claims to vote at an election for a division for which that voting centre has not been declared under section 42(1)(b), the officer must issue a ballot paper to the person for the person's enrolled division if: (b) the officer is satisfied the officer's certified list of voters for all divisions has not been marked to indicate a ballot paper has (2) However, if the officer's certified list of voters has been marked to indicate a ballot paper has already been issued to the person but the person claims not to have voted already at the election,