(1) The Electoral
Commissioner may approve procedures to facilitate voting by eligible electors
at an election by means of technology assisted voting.
(2) The approved
procedures must provide for the following —
(a) for
the registration of an eligible elector before the eligible elector votes by
means of technology assisted voting;
(b) for
the making of a record of each eligible elector who has voted by means of
technology assisted voting;
(c) for
the authentication of the eligible elector’s vote;
(d) for
the secrecy of the eligible elector’s vote;
(e) the
means of ensuring that any vote cast in accordance with the approved
procedures is securely transmitted to the Electoral Commissioner and securely
stored by the Electoral Commissioner;
(f) for
the scrutiny and counting of votes cast in accordance with the approved
procedures.
(3) The validity of a
vote cast in accordance with the approved procedures cannot be disputed on the
ground that the elector could have voted without assistance.
[Section 99D inserted: No. 14 of 2016 s. 12.]