Assistance to certain persons
50 Assistance to certain persons
(1) A person who is unable to vote may be assisted in voting if the person would otherwise be unable to vote.
(2) An assisting person must be a nominee of the person or, if there is no nominee, an authorised officer.
(3) An assisting person may enter a voting compartment to assist a person to vote, but an authorised officer must not do so except in the presence of:
a scrutineer; or
if no scrutineer is present – another authorised officer.
(4) An assisting person may assist a person in any of the following ways:
by acting as an interpreter;
(b) for a declaration vote – by completing, or assisting the person to complete, the declaration;
(c) for a postal vote – by placing the ballot paper in the envelope bearing the postal vote certificate, sealing the envelope and sending or delivering the envelope to the returning officer;
(d) by explaining the ballot paper and the requirements of these Regulations relating to its marking;
(e) by marking, or assisting the person to mark, the ballot paper at the person's direction;
(f) by folding the ballot paper and placing it in a ballot box or declaration envelope, or giving it to an authorised officer, as required by these Regulations.
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