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].