Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 269

    (1)     In determining an application, the Court of Disputed Elections may make the inquiries it considers appropriate, including but not limited to—

        (a)     an inquiry about the identity of persons who voted; and

        (b)     an inquiry into the accuracy of approved computer programs used in electronic voting and the electronic scrutiny of votes; and

        (c)     an inquiry about whether ballot papers were improperly admitted or rejected, or not.

    (2)     The Court of Disputed Elections shall not inquire into the correctness of any roll.

    (3)     If the Court of Disputed Elections makes an inquiry in relation to ballot papers marked under part 11, a statement of particulars of the marking of ballot papers prepared by an officer under section 175 (c) is conclusive evidence of the particulars contained in the statement unless the court orders otherwise.