sec.76Arrangements for electors at hospitals etc.

### sec.76 Arrangements for electors at hospitals etc. If a polling booth is a hospital or part of a hospital, an issuing officer may visit patients and residents in the hospital to enable them to vote. The electoral commission may direct that declaration envelopes be completed by electors voting under this section if, in the opinion of the electoral commission, the size of the voters roll for an election would be impracticable to be used in a portable way. Before taking action under subsection (1) , the issuing officer must inform the scrutineers present of the proposed action. When visiting patients and residents in a hospital who are electors, the issuing officer must— take to the elector— a ballot paper and, if directed by the electoral commission, a declaration envelope; and a ballot box; and anything else necessary to enable the elector to vote; and be accompanied by any scrutineer who wishes to accompany the issuing officer. The issuing officer must ensure that, as far as practicable— if the electoral commission has directed that declaration envelopes be completed—the elector completes the declaration envelope when casting their vote, including signing the appropriate declaration on the declaration envelope before the issuing officer and having the officer sign the envelope as witness; and the elector, in private, records a vote on the ballot paper and folds the ballot paper, concealing the vote; and the elector puts the folded ballot paper— if the electoral commission has directed that declaration envelopes be completed—in the declaration envelope, seals the envelope and puts the sealed envelope in the ballot box; or otherwise—in the ballot box. In this section— hospital includes any of the following— a convalescent home; a nursing home; a home for the aged; a hostel for the aged or infirm. (sec.76-ssec.1) If a polling booth is a hospital or part of a hospital, an issuing officer may visit patients and residents in the hospital to enable them to vote. (sec.76-ssec.2) The electoral commission may direct that declaration envelopes be completed by electors voting under this section if, in the opinion of the electoral commission, the size of the voters roll for an election would be impracticable to be used in a portable way. (sec.76-ssec.3) Before taking action under subsection (1) , the issuing officer must inform the scrutineers present of the proposed action. (sec.76-ssec.4) When visiting patients and residents in a hospital who are electors, the issuing officer must— take to the elector— a ballot paper and, if directed by the electoral commission, a declaration envelope; and a ballot box; and anything else necessary to enable the elector to vote; and be accompanied by any scrutineer who wishes to accompany the issuing officer. (sec.76-ssec.5) The issuing officer must ensure that, as far as practicable— if the electoral commission has directed that declaration envelopes be completed—the elector completes the declaration envelope when casting their vote, including signing the appropriate declaration on the declaration envelope before the issuing officer and having the officer sign the envelope as witness; and the elector, in private, records a vote on the ballot paper and folds the ballot paper, concealing the vote; and the elector puts the folded ballot paper— if the electoral commission has directed that declaration envelopes be completed—in the declaration envelope, seals the envelope and puts the sealed envelope in the ballot box; or otherwise—in the ballot box. (sec.76-ssec.6) In this section— hospital includes any of the following— a convalescent home; a nursing home; a home for the aged; a hostel for the aged or infirm. - (a) take to the elector— (i) a ballot paper and, if directed by the electoral commission, a declaration envelope; and (ii) a ballot box; and (iii) anything else necessary to enable the elector to vote; and - (i) a ballot paper and, if directed by the electoral commission, a declaration envelope; and - (ii) a ballot box; and - (iii) anything else necessary to enable the elector to vote; and - (b) be accompanied by any scrutineer who wishes to accompany the issuing officer. - (i) a ballot paper and, if directed by the electoral commission, a declaration envelope; and - (ii) a ballot box; and - (iii) anything else necessary to enable the elector to vote; and - (a) if the electoral commission has directed that declaration envelopes be completed—the elector completes the declaration envelope when casting their vote, including signing the appropriate declaration on the declaration envelope before the issuing officer and having the officer sign the envelope as witness; and - (b) the elector, in private, records a vote on the ballot paper and folds the ballot paper, concealing the vote; and - (c) the elector puts the folded ballot paper— (i) if the electoral commission has directed that declaration envelopes be completed—in the declaration envelope, seals the envelope and puts the sealed envelope in the ballot box; or (ii) otherwise—in the ballot box. - (i) if the electoral commission has directed that declaration envelopes be completed—in the declaration envelope, seals the envelope and puts the sealed envelope in the ballot box; or - (ii) otherwise—in the ballot box. - (i) if the electoral commission has directed that declaration envelopes be completed—in the declaration envelope, seals the envelope and puts the sealed envelope in the ballot box; or - (ii) otherwise—in the ballot box. - (a) a convalescent home; - (b) a nursing home; - (c) a home for the aged; - (d) a hostel for the aged or infirm.