Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

On polling day an elector is entitled to vote at any polling place for the Division for which he or she is enrolled or to vote as an absent voter, on making a declaration in an approved form, at any other polling place within the State or Territory for which he or she is enrolled at which a polling booth is open.

See section 202AL for rules about voting by designated electors.

On polling day a person who is provisionally enrolled is entitled to vote as an absent voter, on making a declaration in an approved form, at any polling place within the State or Territory for which he or she is provisionally enrolled at which a polling booth is open (other than a polling place for the Division for which he or she is provisionally enrolled).

In this Part (other than section 245) and in Schedule 3:

a reference to an elector includes a reference to a person who has cast an absent vote under subsection (1A); and

a reference to the Division in which an elector is enrolled includes a reference to the Division in which the person is provisionally enrolled.

Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (1A), where a hospital is a polling place, an elector is not entitled to vote at that polling place otherwise than under section 224 unless an appropriate person on the staff of the hospital has agreed to permit electors generally to vote at that polling place or unless the elector:

is attending the hospital as a patient or as a genuine visitor of a patient; or

performs functions or duties in the hospital.

A declaration made by an absent voter under subsection (1) or (1A) shall be printed on, or securely attached to, an envelope addressed to the Divisional Returning Officer for the Division for which the elector declares that he or she is enrolled.

Nothing in this section shall authorize any elector to vote more than once at any election.