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Electoral Act 1993

Elections - Voting

171: Procedure when second vote given in same name

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"What happens if someone tries to vote twice with the same name"

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If you try to vote at an election using the name of someone who has already voted, you will be treated like any other voter. However, your ballot paper will not be put in the ballot box. Instead, it will be set aside and kept separately by the issuing officer. The issuing officer is the person in charge of giving out ballot papers.

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Part 6Elections
Voting

171Procedure when second vote given in same name

  1. If any person proposing to vote at any election gives as his or her name the name of any person to whom a ballot paper has already been given at the same election, he or she shall be dealt with in all respects in like manner as any other voter:

    provided that the ballot paper of any such person shall not be deposited in the ballot box or allowed by the issuing officer, but shall be set aside for separate custody.

Notes
  • Section 171 proviso: amended, on , by section 101(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 1).
  • Section 171 proviso: amended, on , by section 49 of the Electoral Amendment Act (No 2) 1995 (1995 No 61).