Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 200K

                   A person who is present when, under section 200E, an elector signs a pre-poll vote certificate for declaration voting or marks a ballot paper in the presence of an officer:

                     (a)  shall obey all directions of the officer; and

                     (b)  except at the request of the elector:

                              (i)  shall not make any communication to the elector in relation to the elector's vote;

                             (ii)  shall not assist the elector or in any way interfere with the elector in relation to the elector's vote; and

                            (iii)  shall not do anything that would enable the person to find out how the elector marked the ballot paper.

Penalty:  $1,000.