Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279:clause:1_27:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 27 (pt 9/40)
Character Range: 48288–51164

voter must sign the pre‑poll voter card in the presence of the issuing officer;
          (b) the issuing officer must sign the pre‑poll voter card as witness and write on the pre‑poll voter card the date of his or her signing it;
          (c) the voter must mark his or her vote on the ballot‑paper in the presence of the issuing officer but so that the officer cannot see the vote, fold the ballot‑paper and hand it to the officer;
          (d) the issuing officer must immediately:
             (i) place the ballot‑paper in the envelope attached to the pre‑poll voter card; and
             (ii) seal the envelope;
          (e) the voter must have the pre‑poll voter card certified by:
             (i) an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander who is an office‑bearer of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Corporation to the effect that the voter is an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander;
          (f) if not satisfied about a matter mentioned in paragraph (e), the issuing officer must:
             (i) separate the envelope containing the ballot‑paper from the pre‑poll voter card; and
             (ii) disallow the ballot‑paper without opening the envelope that contains it and:
                  (A) place the envelope in a parcel with all the other envelopes containing ballot‑papers which have been disallowed under this subparagraph; and
                  (B) seal the parcel and endorse on the parcel a description of the contents, the name of the ward and the date; and
             (iii) refer the pre‑poll voter card to a senior liaison officer for further investigation under rule 49;
          (g) if paragraph (f) does not apply, the issuing officer must:
             (i) separate the pre‑poll voter card from the envelope that contains it and place the envelope in a ballot‑box; and
             (ii) place the pre‑poll voter card in a folder provided for the purpose of keeping a record of pre‑poll voter s;
          (h) at the conclusion of polling, the issuing officer must:
             (i) if the issuing officer is not the Returning Officer — forward the pre‑poll voter cards and envelopes to the Returning Officer according to his or her directions; or
             (ii) if the issuing officer is the Returning Officer — deal with the pre‑poll voter cards and envelopes in accordance with Part 4;
          (i) pre‑poll voter cards received by the Returning Officer must be open to public inspection at his or her office during ordinary office hours on and from the third day after polling day until the time when the election can no longer be questioned;
          (j) before making a pre‑poll voter card available for inspection, the Returning Officer must remove from the pre‑poll voter card the address of any person whose address has been excluded from the Roll under section 104 of the Electoral Act.

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