Electoral Act 1907

If a voter with a physical impairment is at a place (the external place) that is in close proximity to a polling place and is unable to enter the polling place because of their impairment, sections 96B to 96D and this Subdivision apply, or may be applied, to the voter at the external place as if the voter were at the polling place and an officer attending at the external place were working at the polling place.

After the voter’s vote has been marked on the ballot paper by the voter or, if there is a nominated person under section 98F as applied by subsection (1), by the nominated person, the voter or nominated person must fold the ballot paper to conceal the vote and —

if the voter is a claim voter — hand the ballot paper to an officer attending at the external place; or

if the voter is a declaration voter — deal with the voting paper in the manner prescribed under section 97I(3)(b) except that the prescribed envelope must be handed to an officer attending at the external place.

The voter’s ballot paper may be marked under subsection (2) in the presence of any scrutineers who are at the place where the ballot paper is marked.

After being handed a ballot paper or prescribed envelope under subsection (2)(a) or (b), an officer attending at the external place must return to the polling place and deposit ballot paper or prescribed envelope in the ballot box.