Queensland Numbered Acts

ELECTORAL AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019 - SECT 34

34 Amendment of s 115 (Who must make a declaration vote)

(1) Section 115 (a) , from ‘electoral district’—
omit, insert—
elector’s electoral district;

(2) Section 115 (b) , from ‘is outside’—
omit, insert—
has not been established for the elector’s electoral district;

(3) Section 115 —
insert—

(ca) an elector who goes on a polling day to a polling booth but is not able to make an ordinary vote at the polling booth for a reason that is beyond the elector’s control;

Example of a reason beyond an elector’s control why the elector cannot make an ordinary vote—

an electronic copy of the electoral roll can not be accessed from the polling booth so an issuing officer at the polling booth can not confirm the elector’s name is on the electoral roll for the electoral district

(4) Section 115 —
insert—

(da) an elector who is serving a sentence of imprisonment, or is otherwise detained in lawful custody, on the polling day;

(5) Section 115 (ca) to (f) —
renumber as section 115 (d) to (h) .