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Electoral Act 2004
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72 Casting vote
the casting of a vote by an elector issued a ballot paper under
section 71.
(2) After the issue of the ballot paper to the person, the person must,
without delay:
(a) go to an unoccupied voting compartment at the early voting
centre and there, in private:
(i) mark the person's vote on the ballot paper; and
(b) place the ballot paper in a ballot box at the centre or, if the
centre is not declared to be an early voting centre for the
region in which the person's enrolled division is situated, place
it in an envelope bearing the name of the division and the
centre, seal the envelope and place it in a ballot box at the
centre; and
(c) leave the centre.