sec.22Procedure for voting

### sec.22 Procedure for voting An elector is to vote by following the procedures stated in this section unless the elector— makes a pre-poll ordinary vote under section 24C ; or makes, or must make, a declaration vote under subdivision 2 ; or makes an electronically assisted vote under subdivision 2A . The elector is to enter— if the vote is to be taken at an ordinary polling booth—an ordinary polling booth for the elector’s electoral district during ordinary voting hours; or if the vote is to be taken at a mobile polling booth declared for an institution or arranged for an area—the mobile polling booth during the times decided by the commission under section 15 (7) (b) . In the polling booth, the elector is to request a ballot paper for the electoral district from an issuing officer. If the elector has a ballot paper for the electoral district and declaration envelope for the referendum given to the elector under section 30 and does not intend to make a declaration vote under subdivision 2 , the elector must give the ballot paper and declaration envelope to the issuing officer. The issuing officer must issue a ballot paper for the electoral district to a person who asks for a ballot paper only if the issuing officer is satisfied that the person is entitled to vote at the referendum for the electoral district. The issuing officer may question a person requesting a ballot paper to decide whether the person is entitled to vote at the referendum for the electoral district. If, after asking questions under subsection (6) , the issuing officer suspects that a person claiming to be a particular elector is not the elector, the issuing officer must comply with section 32 . The issuing officer must keep a record of all persons to whom the officer issues ballot papers under this section. The issuing officer must, if a scrutineer requests it, keep a record of an objection by the scrutineer to the entitlement of a person to vote. On being given the ballot paper, the elector must, without delay— go alone to an unoccupied voting compartment in the polling booth; and there, in private, mark a vote on the ballot paper in accordance with section 33 ; and fold the ballot paper to conceal the vote and put it in a ballot box in the polling booth; and leave the polling booth. s 22 amd 2015 No. 35 s 17 ; 2019 No. 31 s 85 (sec.22-ssec.1) An elector is to vote by following the procedures stated in this section unless the elector— makes a pre-poll ordinary vote under section 24C ; or makes, or must make, a declaration vote under subdivision 2 ; or makes an electronically assisted vote under subdivision 2A . (sec.22-ssec.2) The elector is to enter— if the vote is to be taken at an ordinary polling booth—an ordinary polling booth for the elector’s electoral district during ordinary voting hours; or if the vote is to be taken at a mobile polling booth declared for an institution or arranged for an area—the mobile polling booth during the times decided by the commission under section 15 (7) (b) . (sec.22-ssec.3) In the polling booth, the elector is to request a ballot paper for the electoral district from an issuing officer. (sec.22-ssec.4) If the elector has a ballot paper for the electoral district and declaration envelope for the referendum given to the elector under section 30 and does not intend to make a declaration vote under subdivision 2 , the elector must give the ballot paper and declaration envelope to the issuing officer. (sec.22-ssec.5) The issuing officer must issue a ballot paper for the electoral district to a person who asks for a ballot paper only if the issuing officer is satisfied that the person is entitled to vote at the referendum for the electoral district. (sec.22-ssec.6) The issuing officer may question a person requesting a ballot paper to decide whether the person is entitled to vote at the referendum for the electoral district. (sec.22-ssec.7) If, after asking questions under subsection (6) , the issuing officer suspects that a person claiming to be a particular elector is not the elector, the issuing officer must comply with section 32 . (sec.22-ssec.8) The issuing officer must keep a record of all persons to whom the officer issues ballot papers under this section. (sec.22-ssec.9) The issuing officer must, if a scrutineer requests it, keep a record of an objection by the scrutineer to the entitlement of a person to vote. (sec.22-ssec.10) On being given the ballot paper, the elector must, without delay— go alone to an unoccupied voting compartment in the polling booth; and there, in private, mark a vote on the ballot paper in accordance with section 33 ; and fold the ballot paper to conceal the vote and put it in a ballot box in the polling booth; and leave the polling booth. - (a) makes a pre-poll ordinary vote under section 24C ; or - (b) makes, or must make, a declaration vote under subdivision 2 ; or - (c) makes an electronically assisted vote under subdivision 2A . - (a) if the vote is to be taken at an ordinary polling booth—an ordinary polling booth for the elector’s electoral district during ordinary voting hours; or - (b) if the vote is to be taken at a mobile polling booth declared for an institution or arranged for an area—the mobile polling booth during the times decided by the commission under section 15 (7) (b) . - (a) go alone to an unoccupied voting compartment in the polling booth; and - (b) there, in private, mark a vote on the ballot paper in accordance with section 33 ; and - (c) fold the ballot paper to conceal the vote and put it in a ballot box in the polling booth; and - (d) leave the polling booth.