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REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 25B

Administrative markings

  (1)   The Electoral Commissioner may also provide for a ballot paper to be marked with any other mark that the Electoral Commissioner thinks fit to assist in the administration of the referendum.

  (2)   A mark under subsection   (1) does not need to be printed in black typeface.

  (3)   To avoid doubt, this section does not authorise a mark to be made that enables the identification of an elector or that identifies the personal information (within the meaning of the Privacy Act 1988 ) of an elector.

Note:   An officer who marks a ballot paper enabling an elector to be identified may commit an offence under subsection   93(7).



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