Offences about ballots
683 Offences about ballots
A person must not, without lawful authority or excuse, do any of the following about a ballot for an election—
obtain or possess a ballot paper if the person does not have the right to obtain or possess it;
pretend to be and vote as someone else;
amend, deface, destroy, interfere with, or remove a ballot record for the election;
vote in the ballot if the person does not have the right to vote;
vote more than once;
forge a ballot record for the election;
utter a ballot record for the election knowing the record to be forged;
give a ballot record for the election to someone else;
put a ballot record for the election in a ballot box or other container used for the ballot (also a ballot box) if the person does not have the right to vote;
deliver or post a ballot record for the election to another person performing functions for the ballot if the person does not have the right to deliver or post the record;
destroy, interfere with, open, or remove a ballot box.
Maximum penalty—80 penalty units.
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