§ Electoral Act s. 15Objections to voters’ roll

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( 1) In relation to any segment of the voters’ roll
or a
provisionally compiled voters’ roll, any person may object to the Commission in the prescribed
manner t o -
(a)
the exclusion of any person’s name from that segment;
(b)
the inclusion of any person’s name in that segment; or
(c)
the correctness of any person’s registration details in that segment.
(2) A person who objects to the exclusion or inclusion of the name of another person,
or to the correctness of that person’s registration details, must serve notice of the objection on
that person.
(3) The Commission must decide an objection and, except for an objection in relation
to a provisionally compiled voters’ roll, by not later than 14 days after the objection was made,
notify the following persons of the decision:
(a)
Thepersonwhomadetheobjection;
(b)
thechiefelectoralofficer;and
(c)
in the case of an objection against the exclusion or inclusion of the name, or the
correctness of the registration details, of a person other than the objector, that
other person.
(4) The chief electoral officer must give effect to
terms of subsection (3) within three days.
a decision of the Commission in
(5) No appeal may be brought against the Commission’s decision, subject
20 (2) (a) of the Electoral Commission Act.
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