Part 5Entitlement to vote

Part 5—Entitlement to vote 16—Entitlement to vote (1) Subject to subsection (1a), a natural person who has his or her name on the voters roll used for an election or poll as an elector in his or her own right is entitled to vote at that election or poll. (1a) A natural person is not entitled to vote at an election if— (a) he or she was provisionally enrolled; and (b) he or she is not, as at polling day, of or above the age of majority. (2) A natural person is entitled to vote at an election or poll for a body corporate, or group, which has its name on the voters roll if the natural person is the designated person on the voters roll for the body corporate, or group. (5) If the name of a natural person has been omitted in error from a voters roll used for an election or poll, the person is, subject to this Act, entitled to vote at the election or poll as if the error had not occurred. (6) If the name of a body corporate has been omitted in error from a voters roll used for an election or poll, a person is, subject to this Act, entitled to vote at the election or poll under subsection (2) as if the error had not occurred. (7) If the name of a group has been omitted in error from a voters roll used for an election or poll, a person is, subject to this Act, entitled to vote at the election or poll under subsection (2) as if the error had not occurred. (9) A natural person cannot vote at an election or poll for another natural person pursuant to a power of attorney. (10) A natural person may only vote in 1 capacity at an election or poll (but this clause does not prevent a person voting at 2 or more elections for a council held on the same day).