(1) This section applies if: (a) a DRO, or an officer acting at the direction of a DRO, receives an envelope that purports to contain a postal ballot paper on which a vote has been recorded; and (b) the DRO or officer is satisfied it is reasonably necessary to open the envelope in order to make a record of the name of the voter and the name of the Division as shown in the postal vote certificate printed on, or placed inside, the envelope. (2) The DRO or officer may open the envelope to make the record. (3) A DRO or an officer who opens an envelope in accordance with subsection (2) must, as soon as practicable after making the record: (a) place the postal vote certificate and the ballot paper back in the envelope; and (b) fasten the envelope.
§ CEA s. 199AEnvelopes that have formal errors
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