20Procedure for pre-poll voting

20 Procedure for pre-poll voting

20 Procedure for pre-poll voting

(1) The vote of an elector who makes an application to vote before polling day must be taken before polling day at the office of the returning officer or during a visit made to the elector by the returning officer.

(2) The returning officer must deliver to each elector voting under this Subdivision—

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

(b) an unsealed envelope addressed to the returning officer 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.

(3) On receiving a ballot-paper, the elector 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 envelope, and

(c) seal the envelope, and

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

(e) place the envelope in a locked ballot-box provided by the returning officer.

(4) The provisions of clauses 22 (2)–(6), 23 (1) and (3) and 24 apply to the taking of the votes under this Subdivision in the same way as they apply to the taking of the votes under Division 5.