Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279:clause:1_27:p24
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 27 (pt 24/40)
Character Range: 85403–88106

the ward in respect of which the voter declares under rule 75 that he or she is enrolled.

       (2) The voter cards completed at a polling place must, at the close of the poll, be forwarded to the Returning Officer.

       (3) The presiding officer at a polling place must make a record of the name of each voter who casts a vote at the polling place and, in the case of an absent voter, of the ward in respect of which the voter declares under subrule 75 (1) that he or she is enrolled, and must, at the close of the poll, forward the record, duly certified by him or her, to the Returning Officer.

      86  Voting procedure

        Except as otherwise provided by these Rules, the voter upon receipt of the ballot‑paper must without delay:
          (a) retire alone to some unoccupied compartment of the booth, and there, in private, mark his or her vote on the ballot‑paper; and
          (b) fold the ballot‑paper so as to conceal his or her vote; and
          (c) insert the ballot‑paper into the voter card envelope; and
          (d) seal the voter card envelope; and
          (e) present the envelope to the liaison officer present in the booth.

      87  Function of liaison officers

       (1) The liaison officer must decide whether, on the balance of probability, the voter who has presented him or her with their voter card envelope under paragraph 86 (e) is an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander.

       (2) For the purposes of subrule (1), the liaison officer may ask each person who has presented him or her with their voter card envelope such questions as the liaison officer considers necessary to establish that the person is an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander.

       (3) Where a liaison officer decides that a person who has presented him or her with their voter card envelope is not an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander the liaison officer must record the details in the Record of Liaison Officer's Objections and sign the record.

       (4) The liaison officer must then hand the envelope back to the voter who must deposit the envelope in the ballot box.

       (5) Where the liaison officer records details under subrule (3), the liaison officer must advise the voter :
          (a) that the voter may seek a review of the liaison officer's decision by a regional panel assembled under subrule 88 (5); and
          (b) of the procedures by which the review process can be instigated; and
          (c) that the voter's ballot‑paper will not be admitted to the scrutiny unless the regional panel decides that the voter is an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander.

      88  Review by regional panel

       (1) If