Adjourning and postponing polling
103 Adjourning and postponing polling
If polling at a place to vote is interrupted or obstructed due to a threat to safety, including from a fire or flood or from a riot or other acts of violence, the presiding officer for the place to vote may adjourn polling until the threat has ended.
If a presiding officer adjourns polling under subsection (1) for a period of more than 24 hours, the presiding officer must give public notice of the adjournment.
If, for any reason, a polling place at which voting will occur on polling day is not opened on polling day, or opens but polling cannot proceed, the Electoral Commissioner or presiding officer for the polling place may postpone or adjourn polling at the place for a period not longer than 21 days.
If, for any reason, polling cannot commence or proceed at a mobile voting place on polling day, the Electoral Commissioner or presiding officer for the mobile voting place may postpone or adjourn polling at the place for a period not longer than 21 days.
If the Electoral Commissioner or a presiding officer postpones or adjourns polling under subsection (3) or (4), the Electoral Commissioner or presiding officer must give public notice of the postponement or adjournment.
[Section 103 inserted: No. 30 of 2023 s. 80.]
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