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249VEC to compile voters' rolls
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249 VEC to compile voters' rolls
(1) The VEC must compile a voters' roll containing the prescribed particulars of persons entitled to be enrolled as at the close of the roll from—
(a) a roll of electors for the Legislative Assembly compiled from the register of electors in accordance with section 268; and
(b) the voters' lists and information provided under section 248.
(2) A voters' roll must not include the address of any person who has been granted a request to be a silent elector under section 247 of this Act or section 31 of the **Electoral Act 2002**.
(3) A voters' roll must be prepared—
(a) in the case of a Council with an un‑subdivided municipal district, for the whole of the municipal district; and
(b) in the case of a Council with a municipal district that is divided into wards, for each ward.
(4) The VEC must, not later than 3 working days before nomination day, certify in writing that the voters' roll has been prepared in accordance with this Act.
(5) A voters' roll provided to any person under section 252, 253 or 254 must not include the address of any person who has been granted a request, whether before or after the close of the voters' roll, to be a silent elector under section 247 of this Act or section 31 of the **Electoral Act** **2002**.