Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279:clause:1_27:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 27 (pt 1/40)
Character Range: 27118–30089

27  Failure of election
  An election is taken to have wholly failed if no candidate is nominated or returned as elected.

               Part 3  Conduct of the election

               Division 1  General

      28  Persons not to vote more than once

        A voter is not entitled to vote:
  (a)   more than once at any election; or
  (b)   at more than one election held on the same day.

      Note   For offences in relation to voting, see subrule 149 (1).

      29  Photographs of candidates
        (1)    If, by the hour of nomination, a candidate provides a photograph of himself or herself to the Returning Officer, the Returning Officer must arrange for:
             (a)     copies to be made of the photograph; and
             (b)     copies of the photograph to be displayed during the time voting is in progress at all places where voting takes place.
        (3)    The photograph provided under subrule (l) must:
             (c)     be of a quality which will allow effective reproduction; and
             (d)     depict only the head and shoulders of the candidate.

         30  Undertaking by officers and scrutineers
       (1)    Every officer and scrutineer performing functions under these rules must make an undertaking in the approved form.
       (2)    An omission by an officer or scrutineer to sign an undertaking under subrule (1) is not to be a ground for setting aside an election.

      31  Ballot‑boxes to be securely fastened

        Each ballot‑box must be capable of being securely fastened.

      32  Official mark

        The official mark for the authentication of ballot‑papers is a water mark in the paper thereof consisting of a representation of a shield having therein the letters 'CA' intertwined.

               Division 2  Postal voting

      33  Grounds for applying for postal vote

        A voter may apply to the Returning Officer for a postal vote on a ground set out in Schedule 2.

      34  Application for postal vote

       (1) An application must:
          (a) be in writing in the approved form; and
          (b) contain a declaration by the applicant that he or she is entitled to apply for a postal vote; and
          (c) be signed by the applicant in the presence of an authorised witness.

       (2) An application must not be made until after the publication in the Gazette of a notice under subsection 142Y (2) of the Act in relation to the election.

       (3) A voter must not make a false statement in:
          (a) an application; or
          (b) a declaration relating to an application.

            Penalty:   10 penalty units.

       (4) A person must not induce a voter to make a false statement in:
          (a) an application; or
          (b) a declaration relating to an application.

            Penalty:   10 penalty units.

      35  Duty of an authorised witness

       (1) A person must not sign as an authorised witness to the signature of a voter on