18Procedure for postal voting

18 Procedure for postal voting

18 Procedure for postal voting

(1) The returning officer must deliver or post to each elector who duly applies to vote by post—

(a) a ballot-paper that has been initialled on the front by the returning officer, and

(b) an unsealed envelope with the words “NAME AND ENROLLED ADDRESS OF VOTER” and “SIGNATURE OF VOTER” on the front, together with appropriate spaces for the insertion of the elector’s name, address and signature (the inner envelope), and

(c) a large unsealed envelope addressed to the returning officer (the outer envelope).

(2) The returning officer must note on a certified copy of the roll the names of the electors to whom a ballot-paper has been delivered or posted.

(3) An elector to whom a ballot-paper has been delivered or posted is not entitled to vote in accordance with Subdivision 2 or Division 5 unless the elector first delivers the elector’s ballot-paper to the returning officer for cancellation.

(4) If an elector to whom a ballot-paper has been delivered or posted satisfies the returning officer that the elector has spoilt the ballot-paper by mistake or accident, the elector may, on giving it up, receive a new ballot-paper from the returning officer. The returning officer must cancel and preserve the spoilt ballot-paper.

(5) On receiving a ballot-paper, an elector who wishes to vote by post must—

(a) record the elector’s vote on the ballot-paper in accordance with the directions shown on it, and

(b) place the completed ballot-paper in the inner envelope, and

(c) seal the inner envelope, and

(d) insert the elector’s full name, address and signature on the front of the inner envelope, and

(e) place the inner envelope in the outer envelope, and

(f) post or deliver the outer envelope to the returning officer so as to be received by the returning officer not later than 6 pm on polling day.