Giving ballot papers to persons who have right to vote or who made declarations
98A Giving ballot papers to persons who have right to vote or who made declarations
An officer working at a polling place must —
give a voter at the polling place a ballot paper that is printed on official paper or initialled by the officer in a place that can be easily seen when the ballot paper is folded to conceal the vote; and
make a record, in a prescribed manner, in respect of the voter’s name on the electronic roll, if the officer has access to it, or on a copy of the printed roll in use at the polling place to show that the voter has received a ballot paper.
A record made on the electronic roll or on a copy of the printed roll under subsection (1)(b) is evidence —
of the identity of the voter; and
that the voter voted in the election.
[Section 98A inserted: No. 30 of 2023 s. 80.]
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