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Electoral Act 2004
76Ballot boxes at early voting centres outside Territory
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76 Ballot boxes at early voting centres outside Territory
(1) This section applies to ballot papers issued under Subdivisions 2
and 3 at an early voting centre outside the Territory.
(2) As soon as practicable after 6 pm on the day before election day,
an authorised officer must:
(a) open the ballot boxes; and
(b) remove the envelopes containing the ballot papers; and
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(c) without opening the envelopes, sort them into ballot papers
issued under Subdivisions 2 and 3; and
(d) place them in separate parcels; and
(e) seal the parcels; and
(f) send them to the Commission.