136AAbsent voting and absent silent voting when interstate and overseas

#### 136A Absent voting and absent silent voting when interstate and overseas 136A Absent voting and absent silent voting when interstate and overseas > > (1) Despite section 108, the Electoral Commissioner may, if the Electoral Commissioner is satisfied it would enhance the convenience for a large number of electors— > > > > > (a) appoint a place outside New South Wales or outside Australia as a voting centre for all electoral districts, and > > > > > (b) designate the voting centre as an early voting centre, and > > > > > (c) determine the days and hours of operation of the early voting centre, including whether voting will occur at the early voting centre on election day. > > > (2) The Electoral Commissioner may abolish a voting centre appointed under this section. > > > (3) The Electoral Commissioner must publish notice of the following on the Electoral Commission’s website at a time determined by the Electoral Commissioner— > > > > > (a) an appointment, designation or determination under subsection (1), > > > > > (b) an abolition of a voting centre under subsection (2). > > > (4) Despite the other provisions of this part, only voting under sections 135 and 136 is permitted to take place at a voting centre appointed under this section. > > > (5) For this section— > > > > > (a) despite section 81(1) and (2), the Electoral Commissioner may appoint a person, who the Electoral Commissioner considers has the appropriate skills and experience, as an election official for a voting centre appointed under this section, and > > > > > (b) a reference in section 135 or 136 to an elector at a voting centre that is not designated for the electoral district for which the elector claims to be enrolled is taken to be a reference to an elector at a voting centre appointed under this section. > > **s 136A:** Ins 2026 No 6, Sch 1\[55\].