Who has the right to be enrolled as an elector?
266 Who has the right to be enrolled as an elector?
A person who is entitled to vote at an election of members of the Legislative Assembly or an election of members of the Commonwealth House of Representatives is entitled to be enrolled as an elector for a ward if—
he or she is a resident of the ward, or
he or she is not a resident of the ward but is an owner of rateable land in the ward, or
he or she is an occupier, or ratepaying lessee, of rateable land in a ward.
Despite subsection (1), a person who has been convicted of an offence, whether in New South Wales or elsewhere, and has been sentenced in respect of that offence to imprisonment for 12 months or more and is in prison serving that sentence is not entitled to be enrolled as an elector for a ward.
Note.
See section 30(4) of the Electoral Act 2017 for the equivalent disqualification in relation to enrolment for State elections.
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