sec.24DHelp to enable electors to vote at pre-poll voting offices

### sec.24D Help to enable electors to vote at pre-poll voting offices Subject to subsection (2) , if an elector satisfies an issuing officer that the elector can not vote without help, the elector may be accompanied in the pre-poll voting office by another person chosen by the elector. The other person may help the elector in any of the following ways— acting as an interpreter; explaining the ballot paper and the requirements of section 33 relating to its marking; marking, or helping the elector to mark, the ballot paper in the way the elector wishes; folding the ballot paper and putting it in the ballot box. If an elector can not enter a pre-poll voting office because of illness, disability or advanced pregnancy, but can come to a place (the voting place ) close to the pre-poll voting office, then, subject to subsection (4) — the issuing officer may perform the issuing officer’s functions; and the voter may vote; at the voting place as if it were the pre-poll voting office. The issuing officer must— before taking any action under subsection (3) , inform any scrutineers present of the proposed action; and ensure that, after the ballot paper is marked, it is— folded to conceal the vote; and put into an envelope and sealed; and open the envelope inside the pre-poll voting office in the presence of any scrutineers and put the folded ballot paper in a ballot box. s 24D ins 2015 No. 35 s 18 (sec.24D-ssec.1) Subject to subsection (2) , if an elector satisfies an issuing officer that the elector can not vote without help, the elector may be accompanied in the pre-poll voting office by another person chosen by the elector. (sec.24D-ssec.2) The other person may help the elector in any of the following ways— acting as an interpreter; explaining the ballot paper and the requirements of section 33 relating to its marking; marking, or helping the elector to mark, the ballot paper in the way the elector wishes; folding the ballot paper and putting it in the ballot box. (sec.24D-ssec.3) If an elector can not enter a pre-poll voting office because of illness, disability or advanced pregnancy, but can come to a place (the voting place ) close to the pre-poll voting office, then, subject to subsection (4) — the issuing officer may perform the issuing officer’s functions; and the voter may vote; at the voting place as if it were the pre-poll voting office. (sec.24D-ssec.4) The issuing officer must— before taking any action under subsection (3) , inform any scrutineers present of the proposed action; and ensure that, after the ballot paper is marked, it is— folded to conceal the vote; and put into an envelope and sealed; and open the envelope inside the pre-poll voting office in the presence of any scrutineers and put the folded ballot paper in a ballot box. - (a) acting as an interpreter; - (b) explaining the ballot paper and the requirements of section 33 relating to its marking; - (c) marking, or helping the elector to mark, the ballot paper in the way the elector wishes; - (d) folding the ballot paper and putting it in the ballot box. - (a) the issuing officer may perform the issuing officer’s functions; and - (b) the voter may vote; - (a) before taking any action under subsection (3) , inform any scrutineers present of the proposed action; and - (b) ensure that, after the ballot paper is marked, it is— (i) folded to conceal the vote; and (ii) put into an envelope and sealed; and - (i) folded to conceal the vote; and - (ii) put into an envelope and sealed; and - (c) open the envelope inside the pre-poll voting office in the presence of any scrutineers and put the folded ballot paper in a ballot box. - (i) folded to conceal the vote; and - (ii) put into an envelope and sealed; and