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Chapter: | 541D
 | Title: | Electoral Affairs Commission (Electoral Procedure) (Legislative Council) Regulation | Gazette Number: | E.R. 2 of 2012 |
| Section: | 31 | Heading: | Chief Electoral Officer to send poll cards to electors and authorized representatives | Version Date: | 02/08/2012 |
(1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), for every contested election, at least 10 days before polling day, the Chief Electoral Officer must send a poll card to each elector and authorized representative.
(2) A poll card need not be sent to an elector or authorized representative if-
- (a) the Chief Electoral Officer is satisfied, having regard to information received from the Registrar of Births and Deaths, that the elector or authorized representative is dead; or
(b) the Chief Electoral Officer is satisfied that the elector's or authorized representative's address as recorded in the final register-
- (i) does not exist;
(ii) refers to a building that has been demolished; or
(iii) refers to a building that is not built at the time poll cards are to be sent.
(3A) A poll card sent to an elector or authorized representative who will be serving a sentence of imprisonment in a prison on the polling day must be addressed to the elector or authorized representative and sent, as far as practicable, to the prison. (L.N. 130 of 2009)
(4) If the Chief Electoral Officer receives notice of the substitution or replacement of an authorized representative within the 10 days preceding polling day, that Officer need not send a poll card to the substitute or replacement authorized representative. The Chief Electoral Officer must inform that substitute or replacement authorized representative of the polling station allocated to him or her in a manner that Officer thinks fit.
(5) If a person is entitled to cast more than one vote at an election, the Chief Electoral Officer may send separate poll cards for each vote or send one poll card for all the votes.
(6) The Chief Electoral Officer must state in the poll card or each poll card the polling station or stations at which the elector or authorized representative must cast his or her vote or votes.
(6A) Where an alternative polling station is allocated to an elector or authorized representative under section 30(4A), the Chief Electoral Officer must, as soon as practicable, notify, in a manner that Officer considers appropriate-
- (a) the elector or authorized representative;
(b) the Returning Officer;
(c) the Presiding Officer of the polling station previously allocated to the elector or authorized representative; and
(d) the Presiding Officer of the alternative polling station. (L.N. 65 of 2000)