Referendums Act 1997

The commission may make procedures about how an elector may make an electronically assisted vote for a referendum.

The procedures must provide for the following—

the registration of electors who may make an electronically assisted vote for a referendum under section 32A;

the authentication of each electronically assisted vote;

the recording of each elector who uses electronically assisted voting;

ensuring the secrecy of each electronically assisted vote;

the secure transmission of each electronically assisted vote to the electoral commissioner, and secure storage of each electronically assisted vote by the commissioner, until printing;

the printing, for scrutiny and counting, of a ballot paper for each electronically assisted vote;

the secure delivery of each printed ballot paper to the returning officer for the appropriate electoral district or to the commission.

The procedures—

do not take effect until approved by a regulation; and

must be tabled in the Legislative Assembly with the regulation approving the procedures; and

must be published on the commission’s website.