Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Each member may, by notice given to a member of the commission's staff, appoint adults as scrutineers for a referendum.
(2) Scrutineers are entitled to be present in each ordinary polling booth, each mobile polling booth, and each office staffed by an issuing officer, at times when electors are allowed to vote at the place.
(3) Scrutineers are also entitled to be present--
(a) beforehand at polling places--
(i) to inspect ballot boxes; and
(ii) to examine declaration envelopes received before 6p.m. the day before the polling day; and
(b) afterwards at polling places and elsewhere to observe the examination of declaration envelopes and the counting of votes.
(4) At a polling place during times when electors are allowed to vote and beforehand, each member is entitled to have 1 scrutineer present for each issuing officer at the place.
(5) At the examination of declaration envelopes and the counting of votes, each member is entitled to have 1 scrutineer present for each member of the commission's staff at the place.
(6) A scrutineer may--
(a) object to the entitlement of a person to vote at the referendum; or
(b) do anything else permitted by this Act.
(7) Issuing officers at a polling place must, before voting starts, allow scrutineers to inspect the ballot boxes that are to be used for voting at the place.
(8) Each scrutineer must carry adequate identification to show that the person is a scrutineer.
(9) Each member is taken to be a scrutineer under this Act.