Electoral Regulations 2022

The Commission may approve a computer program to enable electronic voting in accordance with this Part if the Commission is satisfied that all of the following criteria are met—

the proper use of the computer program will give the same result in the recording of votes in an election as would be obtained if no computer program was used in the recording of votes;

the computer program will enable a visual display or auditory description of the ballot‑paper (including the names and order of the candidates and other details about the candidates as they appear on the ballot‑paper) and voting instructions to be provided to an elector so that the elector may vote using a touch screen or a keypad;

the computer program will enable an elector—

to select consecutive preferences beginning with the figure "1"; or

in the case of an election for the Legislative Council, to select only one party or group in accordance with section 93A(2)(a) of the Act;

the computer program allows an elector to correct a mistake before the vote is processed by the computer program;

the computer program allows an elector to give an informal vote by selecting no preferences for any candidate or by voting for less than the number of vacancies to be filled at the election;

the computer program allows an elector to abandon for any reason the electronic ballot‑paper without completing the vote;

the computer program can produce a paper record of each vote cast using an electronic ballot-paper to enable the counting of votes in the election;

the computer program will prevent any person from ascertaining the vote of a particular elector.

The Commission may approve a process for entering preferences into the computer program approved under subregulation (1).