Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2007A00022:clause:2_73q
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2007A00022
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 73Q
Character Range: 44715–46231

73Q  How this Act applies in relation to voting using the electronically assisted voting method

 (1) This Act (other than Part IVA and Schedule 3) applies in relation to a vote cast using the electronically assisted voting method as if the vote were a pre‑poll vote.

Note: Pre‑poll votes are a kind of declaration vote. This Act will therefore apply to votes cast using the electronically assisted voting method as if they were that kind of declaration vote.

 (2) For the purposes of this Act as it applies because of subsection (1):
 (a) a vote record is to be treated as if it were a pre‑poll vote ballot‑paper; and
 (b) the placing of a vote record in an envelope as mentioned in subsection 73P(2) is to be treated as if it were the placing of a ballot‑paper in an envelope under subsection 73D(6); and
 (c) a declaration on an envelope as mentioned in subsection 73P(2) is to be treated as if it were a pre‑poll vote certificate; and
 (d) a record made as mentioned in section 73N is to be treated as if it were a record made under subsection 73F(2).

 (3) If a person casts a vote using the electronically assisted voting method, the requirements of this Act relating to the person's right to receive a ballot‑paper are taken to have been satisfied.

 (4) The regulations may make additional provisions relating to how this Act applies in relation to votes cast using the electronically assisted voting method.

Division 2—Trial of remote electronic voting for defence personnel serving outside Australia