Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

This section applies if:

a ballot paper has been issued to a voter; and

an officer is satisfied that the ballot paper has been discarded by the voter.

The officer must:

immediately cancel the ballot paper; and

write “discarded” on the back of the ballot paper; and

place the ballot paper in an envelope, seal the envelope and write on the envelope an indication of the type of ballot paper enclosed and that it is discarded; and

sign the envelope.

The envelopes containing discarded ballot papers that have been cancelled under this section must be bundled up and given to the Divisional Returning Officer for the Division after the close of the poll.