§ Electoral Act s. 40Issue of new ballot papers

(1) If a voter accidentally marks a ballot paper in
a
way that does not indicate for whom the voter wishes to vote and the ballot paper has not yet
been placed in the ballot box-
(a)
the voter may return that ballot paper to the presiding officer or a voting officer;
(b)
thatofficermustdealwith
the ballotpaper in accordancewithsubsection ( I ) ,
and must give the voter a new ballot paper in accordance with section 38 (5);
and
(c)
the voter may vote in accordance with section 38 (6).
(2) Upon receiving a ballot paper froma voter in terms of subsection (I), the presiding
officer or a voting officer must mark “cancelled” on the back of the ballot paper and file it
separately tobe dealt with in accordance with section 43.