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#### 161 Regulations relating to technology assisted voting
161 Regulations relating to technology assisted voting
> > (1) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to voting by eligible electors by means of technology assisted voting.
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> > (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following—
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> > > (a) the technology assisted voting method or methods that may be authorised under approved procedures,
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> > > (b) the period during which voting by eligible electors using technology assisted voting is permitted (including a period before election day),
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> > > (c) the appointment by the Electoral Commissioner of officers to facilitate voting by means of technology assisted voting,
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> > > (d) the independent auditing of the secrecy and authenticity of voting by means of technology assisted voting at any election,
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> > > (e) the provision of registered how-to-vote cards (being how-to-vote cards that are registered as electoral material under Subdivision 6 of Division 14) in an electronic form to eligible electors voting at an election by means of technology assisted voting.
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> > (3) The regulations may provide that technology assisted voting is not to be used at a specified election.