Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00128:section:32
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00128
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 32
Character Range: 67518–68371

32  Errors not to forfeit vote
 (1) The claim of a person to vote at a referendum shall not be rejected by reason only:
 (a) that the person's Christian or given name has been omitted from the Roll, a certified list of voters or an approved list of voters; or
 (b) of the entry in the Roll, a certified list of voters or an approved list of voters of a wrong Christian or given name, a wrong sex, a wrong date of birth, a wrong address or of a wrongly spelt surname;
if, in the opinion of the presiding officer, a polling official, or a voting officer within the meaning of Division 3 of Part IVA, the person is sufficiently identified.
 (2) The claim of an elector to vote at a referendum shall not be rejected by reason only that he or she has changed his or her surname by reason of marriage and that that change has not been reflected in the Roll.