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  "(4) In this section:

'identifying mark' means writing or another mark by which, in the opinion of an authorised electoral officer, the voter can be identified, but does not include writing or another mark placed on the ballot paper (whether or not in contravention of any law) by a person involved in conducting the election.

Counting of votes and election of candidates

"143E. Votes cast at a TSRA election must be counted, and candidates must be elected, as provided in Schedule 2B and in the TSRA election rules.

General obligation to inform people about elections

"143F. In addition to its specific obligations in relation to TSRA elections, the Australian Electoral Commission must take any steps that it considers reasonable to inform people who are, or may be, entitled to vote at TSRA elections about:

  (a) their eligibility to vote; and

  (b) the dates and times fixed for polling; and

  (c) the locations of polling places; and

    (d) any other matters about the conduct of TSRA elections that the Australian Electoral Commission considers significant.

Rules for conduct of elections

Minister may make rules

"143G.(1) The Minister may, after consulting the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission and the Electoral Commissioner, make rules, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing:

    (a) the manner in which TSRA elections are to be conducted (including, but not limited to, elections conducted because previous elections have been declared to be void); and

    (b) the manner in which casual vacancies in the TSRA are to be filled (including, but not limited to, the holding of by-elections).

Matters that may be dealt with in rules

"(2) The matters that may be dealt with in the rules include, but are not limited to, the following matters:

    (a) the use of an electoral roll or voter cards to establish an entitlement to vote or to make a record of the people who have cast votes;

    (b) the functions of Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal liaison officers in connection with the determination of a person's entitlement to vote;

  (c) the nomination of candidates for election;

  (d) ballot papers and forms;

  (e) postal voting;

    (f) mobile polling, including the appointment and duties of mobile polling teams and matters relating to polling by such teams;

  (g) confidentiality of voting;

     (h) the employment by the Australian Electoral Commission of staff, including polling staff, in connection with elections;

  (i) the scrutiny and counting of votes;

  (j) the declaration of the poll.

Rules may deal with situations where persons would otherwise not be entitled to vote

"(3) The rules may make provision entitling Torres Strait Islanders and Aboriginal persons to vote at TSRA elections even if they would not be entitled so to vote under subparagraph