134ACertain electors may vote outside voting centre

#### 134A Certain electors may vote outside voting centre 134A Certain electors may vote outside voting centre > > (1) If the voting centre manager at a voting centre is satisfied that an elector is unable to enter the voting centre because of physical disability, illness, advanced pregnancy or another condition, the voting centre manager may allow the elector to vote outside, but nearby to, the voting centre. > > > (2) Before allowing the elector to vote outside the voting centre, the voting centre manager must— > > > > > (a) inform any scrutineers at the voting centre that the elector is to vote outside the voting centre, and > > > > > (b) allow one scrutineer per candidate, of the scrutineers present, to be present when the elector votes. > > > (3) Subject to subsection (5), the elector— > > > > > (a) must mark the elector’s vote on the ballot paper in the presence of the voting centre manager or an election official, and > > > > > (b) must hand the ballot paper to the manager or official. > > > (4) The voting centre manager or election official must ensure that the ballot paper is immediately returned to the voting centre and put in the ballot box in the presence of the scrutineers who were present when the elector voted. > > > (5) If the elector also satisfies the voting centre manager that the elector is unable to vote without assistance, the voting centre manager may, with the elector’s consent, mark, or allow an election official to mark, the elector’s ballot paper. > > > (6) The elector must indicate to the voting centre manager or election official how the elector wishes the manager or official to mark the elector’s ballot paper. > > > (7) Without limiting the methods by which the elector may indicate, for subsection (6), how the elector wishes to vote, the elector may present to the voting centre manager or election official a statement in writing, which may be, or include, a how-to-vote card, specifying how the ballot paper must be marked. > > > (8) If subsection (5) applies in relation to vote under Division 9, the voting centre manager or election official must— > > > > > (a) fill in the declaration referred to in the division with the required particulars as requested by the elector, and > > > > > (b) read the declaration to the elector, and > > > > > (c) complete and attest the declaration, and > > > > > (d) cause the declaration to be witnessed by a scrutineer, or, if no scrutineer is present, by another person who is either the voting centre manager or an election official. > > **s 134A:** Ins 2026 No 6, Sch 1\[54\].