sec.7Electors who may cast an electronically assisted vote— Act , s 68

sec.7 Electors who may cast an electronically assisted vote— Act , s 68

For section 68 (5B) (c) of the Act , the following classes of electors for an election are prescribed— special postal voters who are not detained in lawful custody; distance voters; out-of-State voters. In this section— distance voter , for an election— means an elector, other than a special postal voter or an out-of-State voter, whose address, as shown on the voters roll, is more than 20km by the nearest practicable route from a polling booth; and if the election is a by-election—also means an elector, other than an out-of-State voter, who can not, for another reason, vote at a polling booth during the voting period for the by-election. an elector who will be absent from the elector’s local government area or division of the local government area for the whole of the voting period for the by-election out-of-State voter , for an election, means an elector who is not in Queensland at any time during the voting period. voting period , for an election, means the period— starting on the first day that a pre-poll vote may be made for an election; and ending on the close of the poll for the election. (sec.7-ssec.1) For section 68 (5B) (c) of the Act , the following classes of electors for an election are prescribed— special postal voters who are not detained in lawful custody; distance voters; out-of-State voters. (sec.7-ssec.2) In this section— distance voter , for an election— means an elector, other than a special postal voter or an out-of-State voter, whose address, as shown on the voters roll, is more than 20km by the nearest practicable route from a polling booth; and if the election is a by-election—also means an elector, other than an out-of-State voter, who can not, for another reason, vote at a polling booth during the voting period for the by-election. an elector who will be absent from the elector’s local government area or division of the local government area for the whole of the voting period for the by-election out-of-State voter , for an election, means an elector who is not in Queensland at any time during the voting period. voting period , for an election, means the period— starting on the first day that a pre-poll vote may be made for an election; and ending on the close of the poll for the election.

• (a) special postal voters who are not detained in lawful custody;
• (b) distance voters;
• (c) out-of-State voters.
• (a) means an elector, other than a special postal voter or an out-of-State voter, whose address, as shown on the voters roll, is more than 20km by the nearest practicable route from a polling booth; and
• (b) if the election is a by-election—also means an elector, other than an out-of-State voter, who can not, for another reason, vote at a polling booth during the voting period for the by-election. Example of an elector for paragraph (b) — an elector who will be absent from the elector’s local government area or division of the local government area for the whole of the voting period for the by-election