344CPostal voting procedure

#### 344C Postal voting procedure 344C Postal voting procedure > > (1) To make a postal vote, an elector is to— > > > > > (a) show to a witness the ballot-paper and postal vote certificate delivered or sent to the elector under section 344B, and > > > > > (b) in the presence of the witness, and if the facts on the certificate are correct, sign the certificate in the space provided. > > > (2) The witness is to sign and date the certificate in the place provided. > > > (3) The elector is then to do the following in the presence of the witness, but without showing the witness how the elector has voted— > > > > > (a) vote as directed on the ballot-paper, > > > > > (b) fold the ballot-paper so that the vote cannot be seen, > > > > > (c) if the elector was issued with a postal vote certificate envelope addressed to the returning officer—place the ballot-paper in the envelope and close and seal the envelope, > > > > > (d) if the elector was issued with a postal vote certificate envelope not addressed to the returning officer—place the ballot paper in the postal vote certificate envelope, place the postal vote certificate envelope in the envelope that is addressed to the returning officer and close and seal that envelope, > > > > > (e) if the elector was issued with a postal vote certificate and envelope under section 344B(2)(b)(ii)—place the ballot paper and the postal vote certificate in the envelope and close and seal the envelope. > > > (4) The elector is then to deliver or send the envelope addressed to the returning officer, or have it delivered or sent, to be received by the returning officer before 6pm on the 13th day, or for a rural and remote council on the 20th day, following election day. > > **s 344C:** Am 2024 (327), Sch 1\[22\]; 2025 (228), Sch 1\[2\].