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COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 200DG

When is a person entitled to vote by pre - poll ordinary vote?

  (1)   Subject to subsection   (2), a person (the voter ) is entitled to vote by pre - poll ordinary vote if:

  (a)   the voter has, in accordance with Division   2, applied for a pre - poll vote; and

  (b)   the voter's name is on a copy of the certified list of voters, or on an approved list of voters, for a particular Division (the voter's Division ) that has been delivered to, or is available to an officer at, the place (the voting place ) at which the application is made; and

  (c)   the voting place is a place at which pre - poll ordinary voting is available to voters enrolled for the voter's Division.

Note:   If the voter is not entitled to vote by pre - poll ordinary vote, the voter may instead be able to vote by pre - poll declaration vote under Division   4.

  (2)   The voter is not entitled to vote by pre - poll ordinary vote if:

  (b)   the voter:

  (i)   refuses to answer fully any question he or she is asked under section   200DI; or

  (ii)   answers a question under subsection   200DI(1) so as to indicate that the person has voted before in the relevant election or elections (as the case requires); or

  (c)   a voting officer has asked the voter one or more questions under subsection   200DI(2) about matters shown, for a particular person, on a copy of the certified list of voters, or on an approved list of voters, for the voter's Division to establish whether the voter is that particular person, and one of the following applies:

  (i)   the voter's answers do not accord with the relevant information shown for that particular person on the list;

  (ii)   the voter's answers accord with the relevant information shown for that particular person on the list but the voting officer is not satisfied that the person is that particular person; or

  (d)   the voter's name is on a copy of the certified list of voters, or on an approved list of voters, for the voter's Division but his or her address does not appear on the list; or

  (e)   a mark on a copy of the certified list of voters, or a record against an approved list of voters, for the voter's Division indicates that the voter has already voted; or

  (ea)   the voter is a designated elector; or

  (f)   the voter is provisionally enrolled.


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