Electoral Act 2004

(1) This section applies if:

(a) the person attends before an authorised officer at an early voting centre during voting hours; and

(b) the person states the person's full name and address; and

(c) the officer is satisfied the officer's certified list of voters:

(i) does not state the person's name and address; or

(ii) has been marked to indicate a ballot paper has already been issued to the person but the person declares the person has not already voted at the election; and

(d) the person answers the voter's question in the affirmative; and

(e) the person completes and signs a declaration in the approved form in the presence of the officer; and

(f) the officer signs the declaration as witness.

(2) The officer must issue a ballot paper (a declaration ballot paper) to the person.

(3) The officer must:

(a) immediately before issuing the ballot paper to the person, initial the back of the ballot paper; and

(b) immediately after issuing the ballot paper to the person, make a record of its issue.

(4) The declaration by a person to whom subsection (1)(c)(i) applies must state the following:

(a) the person:

(i) has complied with Part VIII of the Commonwealth Act before the close of roll; or

(ii) is eligible to enrol under Part VIII of the Commonwealth Act;

(b) to the best of the person's knowledge no objection has been upheld in relation to the inclusion of the person's name on the roll;

(c) the person is not qualified for enrolment in a division other than the

division for which the person claims to vote;

(d) the person has not already voted at the election.

(5) The declaration by a person to whom subsection (1)(c)(ii) applies must state the person has not already voted at the election.