sec.73Voting hours for polling booths

### sec.73 Voting hours for polling booths The voting hours for an ordinary polling booth are between 8a.m. and 6p.m. on polling day. The voting hours for a mobile polling booth are the times fixed for the booth by the returning officer. The voting hours for a pre-polling booth are the times, during the pre-polling period, notified by the returning officer under section 50 (4) . If an elector is in a polling booth at the time of close of voting for the booth and for the purpose of casting a vote, the elector must be allowed to vote. In this section— pre-polling period , for an election, means the period— starting no earlier than— 14 days before polling day; or the longer period that the returning officer fixes and publishes on the electoral commission’s website, and in other ways the returning officer considers appropriate; and ending no later than the day before polling day. s 73 amd 2014 No. 44 s 55 ; 2019 No. 30 ss 176 , 212 (sec.73-ssec.1) The voting hours for an ordinary polling booth are between 8a.m. and 6p.m. on polling day. (sec.73-ssec.2) The voting hours for a mobile polling booth are the times fixed for the booth by the returning officer. (sec.73-ssec.3) The voting hours for a pre-polling booth are the times, during the pre-polling period, notified by the returning officer under section 50 (4) . (sec.73-ssec.4) If an elector is in a polling booth at the time of close of voting for the booth and for the purpose of casting a vote, the elector must be allowed to vote. (sec.73-ssec.5) In this section— pre-polling period , for an election, means the period— starting no earlier than— 14 days before polling day; or the longer period that the returning officer fixes and publishes on the electoral commission’s website, and in other ways the returning officer considers appropriate; and ending no later than the day before polling day. - (a) starting no earlier than— (i) 14 days before polling day; or (ii) the longer period that the returning officer fixes and publishes on the electoral commission’s website, and in other ways the returning officer considers appropriate; and - (i) 14 days before polling day; or - (ii) the longer period that the returning officer fixes and publishes on the electoral commission’s website, and in other ways the returning officer considers appropriate; and - (b) ending no later than the day before polling day. - (i) 14 days before polling day; or - (ii) the longer period that the returning officer fixes and publishes on the electoral commission’s website, and in other ways the returning officer considers appropriate; and