Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279:clause:1_27:p27
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 27 (pt 27/40)
Character Range: 92849–95640

witnessed by a scrutineer or, if no scrutineer is present, by an assistant presiding officer.

      91  Spoilt ballot‑papers

       (1) If a voter, before depositing his or her ballot‑paper in a ballot‑box:
          (a) satisfies a presiding officer that the voter has spoilt the ballot‑paper by mistake or accident; and
          (b) asks the presiding officer for a new ballot‑paper;
      the presiding officer must give the voter a new ballot‑paper and immediately cancel the spoilt ballot‑paper.

       (2) An officer who cancels a spoilt ballot‑paper must:
          (a) write the word 'spoilt' on the back of the ballot‑paper; and
          (b) place the ballot‑paper in an envelope, seal the envelope and indicate in writing on the envelope the type of ballot‑paper enclosed and that the ballot‑paper is spoilt; and
          (c) sign the envelope.

       (3) The envelopes containing ballot‑papers dealt with in accordance with subrule (2) must be sealed up in a parcel and delivered to the Returning Officer after the close of the poll.

      92  Marking of votes

       (1) Subject to subrule (2), a voter must mark his or her vote on the ballot‑paper by placing the number 1 in the square opposite the name of the candidate for whom he or she votes as his or her first preference, and may place the numbers 2, 3, 4 (and so on, as the case requires) in the squares opposite the names of some or all of the remaining candidates so as to indicate the order of his or her preference for them.

       (2) Where a candidate dies between the date of nomination and polling day, and more than 1 candidate remains, a ballot‑paper is not informal only because:
          (a) the ballot‑paper includes the name of the deceased candidate; or
          (b) a consecutive number is marked opposite that name; or
          (c) a number has not been placed opposite that name or of any resulting failure to indicate in consecutive order the voter's preferences.

      93  Adjournment of polling

        The presiding officer may adjourn the polling from day to day in any case where polling is interrupted by:
          (a) riot or open violence; or
          (b) storm, tempest, flood or an occurrence of a like kind.

      94  Adjournment in other cases

        If from any cause a polling booth at a polling place is not opened on polling daythe presiding officer may adjourn the polling for a period not exceeding 21 days, and must as soon as practicable give public notice of the adjournment.

      95  Voting at adjourned polling

        Where for any reason polling is adjourned to a later day than the day fixed for polling at a polling place, there must be no absent voting at the adjourned polling at that polling place.

      96  When elections held in some wards