Casting declaration vote
58 Casting declaration vote
(1) Subject to section 68, this section prescribes the requirements for the casting of a declaration vote by a person issued a declaration ballot paper under section 57.
(2) After the issue of the declaration ballot paper by the authorised officer to the person:
(a) the person must go to an unoccupied voting compartment at the polling place and there, in private:
mark his or her vote on the ballot paper; and
fold the ballot paper to conceal the vote; and
(b) the person must return the folded ballot paper to the officer; and
(c) the officer must, in the presence of the person, without unfolding the ballot paper, place it in the envelope on which the declaration mentioned in section 57(1)(e) appears, seal the envelope and place it in a ballot box at the polling place; and
the person must then leave the polling place.
The person must act under subsection (2) without undue delay.
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