sec.683Offences about ballots

### sec.683 Offences about ballots A person must not, without lawful authority or excuse, do any of the following about a ballot for an election— obtain or possess a ballot paper if the person does not have the right to obtain or possess it; pretend to be and vote as someone else; amend, deface, destroy, interfere with, or remove a ballot record for the election; vote in the ballot if the person does not have the right to vote; vote more than once; forge a ballot record for the election; utter a ballot record for the election knowing the record to be forged; give a ballot record for the election to someone else; put a ballot record for the election in a ballot box or other container used for the ballot (also a ballot box ) if the person does not have the right to vote; deliver or post a ballot record for the election to another person performing functions for the ballot if the person does not have the right to deliver or post the record; destroy, interfere with, open, or remove a ballot box. Maximum penalty—80 penalty units. - (a) obtain or possess a ballot paper if the person does not have the right to obtain or possess it; - (b) pretend to be and vote as someone else; - (c) amend, deface, destroy, interfere with, or remove a ballot record for the election; - (d) vote in the ballot if the person does not have the right to vote; - (e) vote more than once; - (f) forge a ballot record for the election; - (g) utter a ballot record for the election knowing the record to be forged; - (h) give a ballot record for the election to someone else; - (i) put a ballot record for the election in a ballot box or other container used for the ballot (also a ballot box ) if the person does not have the right to vote; - (j) deliver or post a ballot record for the election to another person performing functions for the ballot if the person does not have the right to deliver or post the record; - (k) destroy, interfere with, open, or remove a ballot box.