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Electoral Act 2004
97Dealing with certain votes for absent voters
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97 Dealing with certain votes for absent voters
(1) This section applies if the officer in charge of a scrutiny centre finds
an unenclosed absent ballot paper in a ballot box at a voting centre.
(2) The officer must not reject the ballot paper from scrutiny merely
because it is unenclosed.
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(a) place the ballot paper in an envelope bearing the name of the
division and the name of the voting centre; and
(b) send it to the Commission or the authorised officer directed by
absent ballot paper means a ballot paper issued under Part 6,
Division 3, Subdivision 1 or Part 6, Division 5, Subdivision 2.
unenclosed, for an absent ballot paper, means the ballot paper is
not contained in an envelope bearing the name of the division
stated on the ballot paper.