Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279:clause:1_27:p23
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 27 (pt 23/40)
Character Range: 82962–85620

prior to the close of the poll.

       (4) Before placing in the ballot‑box maintained under subrule (3) an envelope purporting to contain a postal ballot‑paper and delivered to the Returning Officer which is received after the close of the poll and which does not bear evidence sufficient to satisfy the Returning Officer that the vote contained in the envelope was recorded before the close of the poll, the Returning Officer must endorse on the envelope the date of its receipt and initial the endorsement.

      82  Questions to ask voter

       (1) The presiding officer must ask each person attending before him or her and claiming to vote in an election if they have voted before in the election.

       (2) In addition to the question put under subrule (1) the presiding officer must ask each person claiming to vote as an absent voter in an election to identify the ward in respect of which the person is enrolled.

       (3) A person's claim to vote must be rejected if:
          (a) the person refuses to answer fully any question put to him or her by the presiding officer; or
          (b) the presiding officer establishes that the person has voted before in the election.

       (4) If a person's claim to vote is not rejected, the presiding officer must then hand to the person a voter card.

      83  Completion of voter card

       (1) Upon receiving a voter card, each voter must:
          (a) insert his or her details on the voter card; and
          (b) sign the voter card in the presence of the issuing officer; and
          (c) give the voter card to the issuing officer for his or her signature.

       (2) The issuing officer must:
          (a) sign the voter card and write on it the date of his or her signing it; and
          (b) separate the voter card from the voter card envelope; and
          (c) hand to the voter the envelope and a ballot‑paper for the ward in respect of which the voter claims to be enrolled.

      84  Objection by scrutineer

        The presiding officer, at the request of a scrutineer, must note any objection by the scrutineer to the right of any person to vote and keep a record of the objection.

      85  Voter record

       (1) The particulars recorded on the voter cards completed at a polling place comprise the record of the name of each voter:
          (a) who casts a vote at the polling place; and
          (b) in the case of an absent voter — of 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.