Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If a ballot paper has been, or is to be, given to a person who claims to vote at a polling place and whose name is on the certified list of voters, or an approved list of voters, available at the polling place, the presiding officer or a polling official at the polling place must:
(a) place a mark against the person's name on the certified list; or
(b) record electronically against the approved list the fact that the person has been, or is to be, handed a ballot paper.
(2) The presiding officer or a polling official at a polling place must make a record of the name of each elector who casts a declaration vote at the polling place and, in the case of an absent voter, of the Division for which the elector declares under subsection 46(1) or (1A) that he or she is enrolled, and must, at the close of the voting at the referendum, forward the record, duly certified by the presiding officer, in accordance with section 46A.
(3) If the voting day for a referendum is the same as that fixed for the polling at an election:
(a) the requirement in subsection (1) of this section is taken to have been met in relation to a person if the requirement in subsection 232(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 has been met in relation to the person; and
(b) the requirements in subsection (2) of this section are taken to have been met in relation to a person if the requirements in subsection 232(2) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 have been met in relation to the person.