20Issue of ballot paper

20 Issue of ballot paper (1) If a person attends before an authorised officer at a voting centre during the voting period and claims to vote at an election, the officer must issue a ballot paper to the person if: (a) the person states the person's full name and address; and (b) the officer is satisfied the electoral roll: (i) includes the person's name and address (or indicates that the person's address is suppressed); and (ii) has not been marked to indicate a ballot paper has already been issued to the person; and (c) the person answers the voter's question in the affirmative. (2) Immediately before issuing the ballot paper to the person the authorised officer must: (a) place a mark against the voter's name on the electoral roll; and

Local Government (Electoral) Regulations 2021 14 (b) initial the ballot paper.