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COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 233

Vote to be marked in private

  (1)   Except as otherwise prescribed the voter upon receipt of the ballot paper shall without delay:

  (a)   retire alone to some unoccupied compartment of the booth, and there, in private, mark his or her vote on the ballot paper;

  (b)   fold the ballot paper so as to conceal his or her vote and:

  (i)   if the voter is not an absent voter--deposit it in the ballot - box; or

  (ii)   if the voter is an absent voter--return it to the presiding officer or a polling official; and

  (c)   quit the booth.

  (2)   A presiding officer or polling official must enclose each ballot paper of an absent voter returned to the officer or official under subsection   (1) in the envelope bearing the declaration made by the voter under subsection   222(1) or (1A), securely fasten the envelope and place it in the ballot - box.


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