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Absent voting

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Part IVElections
Division 3AVoting
Subdivision 3Absent and provisional voting at polling places

97A Absent voting

(1)

Subsection (2) applies if —

(a)

at a polling place for a district, a person claims to vote in an election as an elector enrolled for another district; and

(b)

an officer working at the polling place is satisfied that the person has not otherwise voted in the election.

(2)

The person may, subject to the regulations, vote as an absent voter at the polling place in the manner prescribed under section 97I and in accordance with Subdivision 4.

(3)

The Electoral Commissioner may make arrangements for the taking of absent votes at a polling place in a district for which a candidate has been declared elected before polling day under section 86(2aa).

[Section 97A inserted: No. 30 of 2023 s. 80.]

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