Electoral Act 1992

This section applies if—

a person attends an early polling place when the place is operational; and

the person claims to be entitled to vote at the election; and

an authorised officer is satisfied that the preliminary certified list of electors for an electorate—

includes the person’s name; and

states an address for the person or indicates that the person’s address is suppressed; and

has not been marked to indicate that a ballot paper has already been issued to the person.

The authorised officer must—

issue a ballot paper to the person for the electorate; and

record the issue on the preliminary certified list of electors.

However, an authorised officer must not issue a ballot paper to a person who indicates they have already voted at the election.

Section 134 applies to the casting of an ordinary vote under this section as if—

it were a vote under section 133; and

the reference in section 134 to an unoccupied voting compartment were a reference to an unoccupied part of the place where the person attends before the authorised officer.