§ Electoral Act s. 38Voting procedure

(1) A voter may only vote once in an election, and may vote
only at the voting station in the voting district for which that voter is registered.
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(2) A voter is entitled to vote at a voting station(a)
on productionofthat voter’s identity document tothe presiding officer or a
voting officer at the votmg station; and
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if that voter’s name is in the certified segment of the voters’ roll for the voting
district concerned.
(3) When a voter produces an identity document to a presiding officer or voting officer
as required by subsection (2) (a), the presiding officer or voting officer must examine the
identity document and determine whether(a)
the voter is the person described in that identity document;
(b)
the voter’s name isin the certified segment of the voters’ roll for the voting
district concerned; and
(c)
that voter has not already voted in the election.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3) (a), the presiding officer or voting officer may
require that the voter’s fingerprints be taken.
( 5 ) If the presiding officer or voting officer is satisfied in respect of all the matters
mentioned in subsection (3), that officer must(a)
record that the voter is regarded to have voted in the election;
(b)
mark the hand of the voter in the prescribed manner;
(c)
mark the back of a ballot paper for that election; and
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hand the ballot paper to the voter.
(6) Once the voter has received a ballot paper marked in terms of subsection (5) (a),
the voter must(a)
enteranempty voting compartment;
(6)
mark the ballot paper in a way that indicates the registered party or candidate
the voter wishes to vote for;
(c)
fold the ballot paper to conceal the voter’s vote;
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take the ballot paper to a ballot box for the election and show it to the presiding
officer or a voting officer in a way that that officer can see the mark made in
terms of subsection(5) (a);
(e)
place the ballot paper in the ballot box; and
v)
without delay leave the voting station.
(7) The voting compartment must complywith the provisions of section 70.