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Electoral Act 2004
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Subdivision 4 Declaration votes cast by voters marked on roll as already voted
Electoral Act 2004 58
(2A) For subsection (2)(b), the officer may have regard to a roll or extract
as in force at an earlier time and any other matters the officer
considers appropriate.
(a) if the person's name:
(i) is on the officer's certified list of voters for the division –
place a mark against the person's name on the list; or
(ii) is not on the officer's certified list of voters for the
division but the person is entitled to be enrolled for that
division under Part VIII of the Commonwealth Act –
make a record of that entitlement; and
subsection (2), the officer must:
(a) exclude the ballot paper from further scrutiny without opening
the envelope in which it is contained; and
(b) place the unopened envelopes in a parcel.
(5) The officer must seal the parcels mentioned in subsections (3)(c)
and (4)(b) and endorse on each parcel a statement of its contents.
(6) A candidate's scrutineer may sign a sealed parcel.
Subdivision 4 Declaration votes cast by voters marked on roll as
already voted