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Electoral Officers
Part III—Voting at a referendum
Division 1—General
15 Voting on same day throughout Australia
16 Polling places
16A Undertaking by officers and scrutineers
17 Arrangements for voting
18 Substitute for presiding officer
19 Ballot‑boxes
20 Separate voting compartments
21 Use of licensed premises as polling booth
22 Certified lists of voters
22A Approved list of voters
23 Election and referendum on the same day
24 Manner of voting
25 Forms of ballot paper
25A Official mark
25B Administrative markings
26 Ballot papers to be initialled
27 Appointment of scrutineers
28 Provisions relating to scrutineers
29 Voting at a referendum
30 Questions to be put to voter
31 Questions to be put to voter when election and referendum on the same day
32 Errors not to forfeit vote
33 Right of elector to receive ballot paper
34 List of voters to be marked when ballot paper issued
35 Vote to be marked in private
36 Assistance to certain voters
36A Certain voters may vote outside polling place
37 Provisional votes
38 Provisional enrolment by applicant for citizenship
39 Other general provisions about applications under section 38
40 Election and referendum on the same day
41 Spoilt ballot papers
41AA Discarded ballot papers
41AB Ballot‑boxes opened before close of voting
41A Temporary suspension of polling
42 Adjournment of voting
43 Adjournment at both referendum and election
44 Adjourned voting
45 Compulsory voting
46 Where electors may vote, and absent voting
46AA Voting by designated electors at referendums
46A Forwarding of declaration votes
Division 2—Mobile booths
47 Interpretation
48 Hospitals that are polling places
50 Provisions related to section 48
51 Mobile booths
52 Election and referendum on same day
Part IV—Postal voting
53 Interpretation
54 Grounds of application for postal vote
55 Application for postal vote
56 Application forms for postal votes
58 Dispatch of postal voting papers to registered general postal voters
59 Election and referendum on the same day
61 Issue of certificate and ballot papers
62 Inspection of applications
62A Access to electronic list of postal vote applicants
62B Restriction on use or disclosure of information
65 Postal voting
66 Duty of authorised witnesses etc.
67 Procedure for dealing with postal vote certificates etc.
68 Opening of postal ballot paper
69 Failure to post or deliver postal vote application etc.
70 Inducing person to hand over marked ballot paper
71 Correction of formal errors
71AAA Envelopes that have formal errors
71AA Postal votes not to be rejected in certain circumstances
Part IVA—Pre‑poll voting
Division 1—Introduction
71A Guide to this Part
Division 2—General matters
72 Grounds of application for pre‑poll vote
73 Pre‑poll voting officers
73AA Pre‑poll voting offices
73A Application for pre‑poll vote
73B Place and time