Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 189

             (1)  A DRO who issues a postal vote certificate and postal ballot paper shall:

                     (a)  write on the application the date of issue of the certificate and ballot paper; and

                     (b)  if the DRO is not the appropriate DRO, send the application to the appropriate DRO.

             (2)  An Assistant Returning Officer who issues a postal vote certificate and postal ballot paper shall:

                     (a)  write on the application the date of issue of the certificate and ballot paper; and

                     (b)  deal with the application in accordance with subsection 228(8).

             (3)  Subject to subsection (4), all applications for postal votes in relation to which a DRO is the appropriate DRO shall be open to public inspection at the office of the DRO during ordinary office hours from and including the third day after polling day until the election can no longer be questioned.

             (4)  A DRO, before making applications for postal votes available for public inspection, must remove from any application by a person whose address has been removed from the Roll under section 104, all information other than the person's name.