Queensland Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 99

(1) There are 2 kinds of polling booths—

(a) ordinary polling booths; and

(b) mobile polling booths.

(2) An ordinary polling booth is a building or other structure, or a part of a building or other structure, that the commission arranges to be available on polling day in relation to an election for the purpose of enabling electors in general to vote.

(3) A mobile polling booth is—

(a) an institution declared under subsection (4) to be a mobile polling booth; or

(b) the whole or part of a building, structure, vehicle or place made available as a mobile polling booth under subsection (8).

(4) If the commission considers that patients, residents or inmates of an institution should be able to vote at the institution at times (determined by the commission) during the period beginning 11 days before polling day and ending at 6p.m. on polling day, the commission may, by gazette notice, declare the institution to be a mobile polling booth for the purposes of the election.

(5) The commission may require an issuing officer visiting an institution declared under subsection (4) to present how-to-vote cards to electors at the institution and present the cards in a particular way.

Example—

The commission may require an issuing officer to give how-to-vote cards to electors at a declared institution or to paste the cards on a manila folder and show it to the electors.

(6) The issuing officer must comply with the requirement.

(7) If the commission declares the institution to be a mobile polling booth, the person in charge of the institution must allow access by members of the commission's staff, and by patients, residents or inmates of the institution, for the purpose of enabling voting to take place at the election.

(8) If the commission considers that an area is too remote to have enough electors to justify an ordinary polling booth, the commission may arrange for the whole or part of a building, structure, vehicle or place to be available as a mobile polling booth, at times (determined by the commission) during the period beginning 11 days before polling day and ending at 6p.m. on polling day, for electors in the area to vote at the election.

(9) The commission, a returning officer or an issuing officer may change the arrangements made under subsection (8) at any time.

(10) If the arrangements are changed, the commission, returning officer or issuing officer must take the steps that are practical and appropriate to give public notice of the changed arrangements.

(11) The result of the election is not invalidated only because an issuing officer failed to visit a mobile polling booth as arranged.