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Professional Engineers Regulation 2019
sec.16Ballot box and electronic vote security
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### sec.16 Ballot box and electronic vote security
The registrar must ensure—
a ballot box is kept for the election; and
the ballot box is kept in a safe place; and
the ballot box is sealed in a way that—
allows ballot envelopes to be put in it until the election finishes; and
prevents ballot envelopes from being taken from it until votes for the election are to be counted.
The registrar must ensure appropriate measures are in place to keep an electronic voting system used or intended to be used for electronic voting secure from interference at all times.
(sec.16-ssec.1) The registrar must ensure— a ballot box is kept for the election; and the ballot box is kept in a safe place; and the ballot box is sealed in a way that— allows ballot envelopes to be put in it until the election finishes; and prevents ballot envelopes from being taken from it until votes for the election are to be counted.
(sec.16-ssec.2) The registrar must ensure appropriate measures are in place to keep an electronic voting system used or intended to be used for electronic voting secure from interference at all times.
- (a) a ballot box is kept for the election; and
- (b) the ballot box is kept in a safe place; and
- (c) the ballot box is sealed in a way that— (i) allows ballot envelopes to be put in it until the election finishes; and (ii) prevents ballot envelopes from being taken from it until votes for the election are to be counted.
- (i) allows ballot envelopes to be put in it until the election finishes; and
- (ii) prevents ballot envelopes from being taken from it until votes for the election are to be counted.
- (i) allows ballot envelopes to be put in it until the election finishes; and
- (ii) prevents ballot envelopes from being taken from it until votes for the election are to be counted.