§ Electoral Act s. 41Objections concerning voting

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(1) At any time before a voter has been handed a
ballot paper, an agent may object to that voter being entitled to vote or to vote at the voting
station concerned.
(2) An agent, or the voter concerned, may objectif the voter is refused a ballot paper.
(3) An agent, or a voter, may object to any conduct, other than that mentioned in subsection (1) or (2), of an officer, an agent, or any other person presentat a voting station.
(4) An objection in terms of subsection (1), (2) or (3) must be made to the presiding
officer in the prescribed manner.
(5) The presiding officer, in the prescribed manner, must decide the objection and notify the objector and any other parties involvedin the objection, of the decision.
(6) An appealagainst the decision of thepresiding officer may be notedwith the
Commission in the prescribed manner and time.
(7) The presiding officer must keep a written record in the prescribed manner of each
objection and decision madein terms of this section.

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