Who may apply for postal voting papers
44 Who may apply for postal voting papers
(1) A person may apply for postal voting papers for the election if the person:
is, or is entitled to be, enrolled for a division; and
is an eligible person under subsection (2).
A person is an eligible person if:
throughout polling hours on the polling day, the person:
(i) will not be in the Territory or within 20 km of a polling place (other than a mobile polling place at which the person may vote); or
(ii) will be travelling under conditions that preclude voting at a polling place; or
(iii) will be unable to attend a polling place because of a physical or other disability, illness, advanced pregnancy or another condition of the person; or
(iv) will be unable to attend a polling place because of a reasonable fear for, or a reasonable apprehension about, his or her personal wellbeing or safety; or
(v) will be unable to attend a polling place because the person will be at a place (other than a mobile polling place at which the person may vote) caring for another person who has a physical or other disability, illness, advanced pregnancy or another condition; or
(vi) will be precluded from attending at a polling place because the person is in the custody of the Commissioner of Correctional Services; or
(vii) will be engaged in employment or occupation and either the person is not entitled to leave of absence under section 73 or the person's attending a polling place to vote would be likely to cause the person financial loss; or
(b) the person will, because of his or her membership of a religious order or religious beliefs, be precluded from attending a polling place during polling hours on the polling day or the greater part of those hours; or
the person's address has been suppressed.
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