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ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 120
Electoral visitor voting
120 Electoral visitor voting
(1) An electoral visitor voter may give a request to vote as an electoral
visitor voter to the commission or returning officer.
(2) The request— (a)
must— (i) be in writing; and
(ii) be in the approved form; and
(iii) state
the address the electoral visitor is to visit; and
(b) may be given to the
commission or returning officer by the elector or someone else.
(3) If the
request is received not later than 7p.m. on the Wednesday before polling day,
the commission or the returning officer must ensure that an issuing officer
visits the elector for the purpose of enabling the person to vote.
(4) The
issuing officer must visit the elector at a reasonable hour— (a) before
polling day; or
(b) before 6p.m. on polling day.
(5) When visiting the
elector, the issuing officer must— (a) take to the elector— (i) a ballot
paper; and
(ii) a ballot box; and
(iii) anything else necessary to enable
the elector to vote; and
(b) if a scrutineer wishes—be accompanied by the
scrutineer.
(6) The commission may require the issuing officer to present
‘how to vote’ material to the elector and present the material in a
particular way. Example— The commission may require the issuing officer to
give particular ‘how to vote’ material to the elector or to paste the
material on a manila folder and show it to the elector.
(7) The issuing
officer must comply with the requirement under subsection (6) .
(8) The
issuing officer must ensure, as far as practicable, section 107 is complied
with when the elector votes.
(9) The elector may ask a person to help the
elector in any of the following ways— (a) acting as an interpreter;
(b)
explaining the ballot paper and the requirements of section 122 about 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.
(10) The elector may make an ordinary vote or declaration vote.
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