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Referendums Act 1997
sec.32AWho may make an electronically assisted vote
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### sec.32A Who may make an electronically assisted vote
An elector may make an electronically assisted vote if—
the elector can not vote without assistance because the elector has—
an impairment; or
an insufficient level of literacy; or
the elector can not vote at a polling booth because of an impairment; or
the elector is a member of a class of elector prescribed by a regulation for this section.
an elector whose address, as shown on an electoral roll, is more than 20km by the nearest practical route from a polling booth
an elector who will not, throughout ordinary voting hours on polling day, be within Queensland
s 32A ins 2015 No. 35 s 24
- (a) the elector can not vote without assistance because the elector has— (i) an impairment; or (ii) an insufficient level of literacy; or
- (i) an impairment; or
- (ii) an insufficient level of literacy; or
- (b) the elector can not vote at a polling booth because of an impairment; or
- (c) the elector is a member of a class of elector prescribed by a regulation for this section. Examples of a class of elector— • an elector whose address, as shown on an electoral roll, is more than 20km by the nearest practical route from a polling booth • an elector who will not, throughout ordinary voting hours on polling day, be within Queensland
- • an elector whose address, as shown on an electoral roll, is more than 20km by the nearest practical route from a polling booth
- • an elector who will not, throughout ordinary voting hours on polling day, be within Queensland
- (i) an impairment; or
- (ii) an insufficient level of literacy; or
- • an elector whose address, as shown on an electoral roll, is more than 20km by the nearest practical route from a polling booth
- • an elector who will not, throughout ordinary voting hours on polling day, be within Queensland