Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

If a ballot paper has been, or is to be, given to a person whose name is on the certified list of voters, or an approved list of voters, available at a polling place, the presiding officer or a polling official at the place must:

place a mark against the person’s name on the certified list; or

record electronically against the approved list the fact that the person has been, or is to be, handed a ballot paper.

The presiding officer or a polling official at a polling place must make a record of the name of each elector who casts a declaration vote at the polling place and, in the case of an absent voter, of the Division for which the elector declares under subsection 222(1) or (1A) that he or she is enrolled, and must, at the close of the poll, forward the record, duly certified by the presiding officer, in accordance with section 228.