South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts80—Voter may be accompanied by an assistant in certain circumstances
(1) Subject to this
section, if a voter satisfies the presiding officer that he or she is unable
to vote without assistance, the voter may be accompanied by an assistant of
his or her choice while in the polling booth.
(2) The presiding
officer may express disapproval of a person chosen to assist a voter under
this section and, in that event, some other person, acceptable to the
presiding officer, must be chosen by the voter.
(3) The assistant may
assist the voter in any of the following ways:
(a) by
acting as an interpreter;
(b) by
explaining the ballot paper, and the voter's obligations under this Act in
relation to the marking of the ballot paper, to the voter;
(c) by
assisting the voter to mark the ballot paper, or by marking the ballot paper
at the voter's direction;
(d) by
folding and depositing the ballot paper in the ballot box.
(4) A candidate, or a
scrutineer appointed by a candidate, must not act as an assistant under this
section.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.