Electoral Act 1907

In this section —

means a day on which voting occurs at a place to vote; and

includes a day to which polling at a place to vote is adjourned or postponed.

A person must not do any of the following acts at a place to vote, or within 6 m from a designated entrance for the place to vote, during a voting day —

canvas for votes;

solicit the vote of an elector;

induce an elector not to vote for any particular candidate;

induce an elector not to vote in the election.

Despite subsection (2) —

a person may leave a document in relation to an election at the general office of a mobile voting place that is a location or place, or part of a location or place, referred to in section 90(1)(d) so that it is available on request for an elector who is a resident of the relevant institution; and

an election campaign worker accompanying a mobile ballot box at a mobile voting place under section 99(3)(d) may distribute a registered how‑to‑vote card to persons casting their votes at the mobile voting place.