29Inspection of applications

29 Inspection of applications

(1) If the Returning Officer issues a postal voter card and postal ballot‑paper, the Returning Officer must write the date of issue on the application to which they relate.

(2) Subject to subrule (3), all applications for postal votes received by the Returning Officer must be open to public inspection at his or her office during ordinary office hours:

(a) on and from the third day after polling day; and

(b) until the time when the election can no longer be questioned.

(3) Before making applications available for public inspection, the Returning Officer must remove from the applications the address of any person whose address has been excluded from the Roll under section 104 of the Electoral Act.