Electoral Regulation 2024
sec.6Electors who may make an electronically assisted vote— Act , s 121A
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sec.6 Electors who may make an electronically assisted vote— Act , s 121A
For section 121A (c) of the Act , each of the following classes of electors are prescribed— special postal voters who are not detained in lawful custody; distance voters; out-of-State voters. In this section— distance voter — means an elector, other than a special postal voter or out-of-State voter, whose address, as shown on an electoral roll, is more than 20km by the nearest practicable route from a polling booth; and if the election is a by-election—also means an elector, other than a special postal voter or out-of-State voter, who can not, for another reason, vote at a polling booth during the voting period for the by-election. an elector who will be absent from the elector’s electoral district for the whole of the voting period for the by-election out-of-State voter , for an election, means an elector who is not in Queensland at any time during the voting period. voting period , for an election, means the period— starting on the first day that a pre-poll ordinary vote may be made for an election; and ending when ordinary voting hours for the election ends. (sec.6-ssec.1) For section 121A (c) of the Act , each of the following classes of electors are prescribed— special postal voters who are not detained in lawful custody; distance voters; out-of-State voters. (sec.6-ssec.2) In this section— distance voter — means an elector, other than a special postal voter or out-of-State voter, whose address, as shown on an electoral roll, is more than 20km by the nearest practicable route from a polling booth; and if the election is a by-election—also means an elector, other than a special postal voter or out-of-State voter, who can not, for another reason, vote at a polling booth during the voting period for the by-election. an elector who will be absent from the elector’s electoral district for the whole of the voting period for the by-election out-of-State voter , for an election, means an elector who is not in Queensland at any time during the voting period. voting period , for an election, means the period— starting on the first day that a pre-poll ordinary vote may be made for an election; and ending when ordinary voting hours for the election ends.
- (a) special postal voters who are not detained in lawful custody;
- (b) distance voters;
- (c) out-of-State voters.
- (a) means an elector, other than a special postal voter or out-of-State voter, whose address, as shown on an electoral roll, is more than 20km by the nearest practicable route from a polling booth; and
- (b) if the election is a by-election—also means an elector, other than a special postal voter or out-of-State voter, who can not, for another reason, vote at a polling booth during the voting period for the by-election. Example of an elector for paragraph (b) — an elector who will be absent from the elector’s electoral district for the whole of the voting period for the by-election