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Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
23Election and referendum on the same day
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#### 23 Election and referendum on the same day
Where the voting day for a referendum is the same as that fixed for the polling at an election:
(a) a person appointed to be an Australian Electoral Officer for a Territory or a presiding officer, deputy presiding officer, substitute presiding officer or assistant presiding officer for the purposes of the polling at the election shall be deemed to be an Australian Electoral Officer for that Territory or a presiding officer, deputy presiding officer, substitute presiding officer or assistant presiding officer, as the case may be, for the purposes of the referendum;
(b) the same polling booths and ballot‑boxes may be used for the purposes of both the election and the referendum, but if the same ballot‑boxes are used, the ballot papers for the referendum shall be of a different colour to the ballot papers for the election; and
(c) the same certified lists of voters and approved lists of voters may be used for the purposes of both the election and the referendum.