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2010-2011

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

THE SENATE

Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Provisional Voting) Bill 2011

(Amendments to be moved by Senator Xenophon in committee of the whole)

(1)     Schedule 1, item 2, page 3 (line 18), at the end of paragraph 3A, add “If, after so checking the signature, the DRO is not satisfied that the signature on the envelope is the signature of the elector, the DRO must make all reasonable attempts to contact the elector within 3 days after the election, to require the elector to provide evidence of his or her identity by the first Friday following the polling day for that election.”.

[evidence of identity for provisional vote declarations]

(2)     Schedule 1, item 5, page 4 (line 9), at the end of paragraph 3A, add “If, after so checking the signature, the DRO is not satisfied that the signature on the envelope is the signature of the elector, the DRO must make all reasonable attempts to contact the elector within 3 days after the referendum, to require the elector to provide evidence of his or her identity by the first Friday following the voting day for that referendum.”.

[evidence of identity for provisional vote declarations]