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Electoral Act 2004
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71 Issue of ballot paper
(1) This section applies if a person attends before an authorised officer
at an early voting centre during voting hours and declares the
person is an elector who is entitled to vote at the election.
(2) 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:
(i) states the person's name; and
(ii) states an address for the person or indicates the
person's address is suppressed; and
(iii) has not been marked to indicate a ballot paper has
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(3) The officer must, immediately before issuing the ballot paper to the