Electoral Reform Amendment Bill 2013 (Qld)

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Queensland

Electoral Reform Amendment Bill 2013

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Queensland

Electoral Reform Amendment Bill 2013

Contents Page 1 Short title 2.0... ee ee 6 2 Commencement... .......... 0.0 c cee eee eee 6 3 Actamended ......... 0.0 c cece cece eet eens 6 4 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) .......................05. 6 5 Amendment of s 89 (Deposit to accompany nomination). ...... 7 6 Amendment of s 99 (Kinds of polling booths)................ 7 7 Amendment of s 102 (Supply of ballot papers and electoral rolls) 7 8 Amendment of s 104 (Scrutineers).............00....0005. 8 9 Amendment of s 107 (Procedure for voting)................. 8 10 Amendment of s 112 (Procedure for pre-poll ordinary voting) . . . 9 11 Amendment of s 114 (Who may make a declaration vote)...... 10 12 Amendment of s 119 (Making a declaration vote using posted voting Papers)... eee eee 11 13 Amendment of s 120 (Electoral visitor voting) ............... 11 14 Amendment of s 121 (Making a declaration vote in cases of uncertain identity)... 0... eee eee 11 15 Insertion of new pt 7, div 5, sdiv3A...................000- 12 Subdivision 3A Electronically assisted voting 121A Who may make an electronically assisted vote ..... 12 121B Prescribed procedures for electronically assisted voting 13 121C Audit of electronically assisted voting for an election . 14 121D Protection of information technology ............. 15 121E Commissioner may decide electronically assisted voting is not to be used..... 1.2.2... eee eee eee eee 15 121F Review of electronically assisted voting........... 15 16 Amendment of s 122 (How electors must vote) .............. 16

17 Amendment of s 123 (Formal and informal ballot papers)...... 16

Electoral Reform Amendment Bill 2013

Contents 18 Amendment of s 125 (Preliminary processing of declaration envelopes and ballot papers)... 0.0.2... 0.2... cee eee eee 16 19 Amendment of s 127 (Preliminary counting of ordinary votes). . . 16 20 Amendment of s 128 (Official counting of votes) ............. 17 21 Amendment of s 183 (Lodging how-to-vote cards)............ 17 22 Amendment of s 197 (Definitions) .....................05. 18 23 Amendment and relocation of s 199 (Meaning of electoral expenditure) 2... eee ee 19 24 Insertion of news 201A... 10... eee ee 20 201A CPI indexation of particular amounts............. 20 25 Amendment of s 203 (Electoral committee to be treated as part of candidate)... 0.6... eee eee 21 26 Omission of s 204 (Associated entity to be treated as part of party for particular purposes) ...... 0... 2. eee eee eee 21 27 Omission of ss 208 and 209............ 000. e cece eee eee 21 28 Amendment of s 210 (Requisites for appointment) ........... 22 29 Amendment of s 211 (Register of agents) .................. 22 30 Amendment of s 214 (Responsibility for action when agent of party dead or appointment vacant)......... 00... eee eee eee 22 31 Omission of s 215 (Responsibility for action when agent of registered third party dead or appointment vacant).................... 22 32 Amendment of s 216 (Revocation of appointment of agent) .... 22 33 Amendment of s 217 (Notice of death or resignation of agent of candidate or registered third party) ....................000. 23 34 Omission of pt 11, div 3 (State campaign accounts) .......... 23 35 Amendment of s 222 (Interpretation) ...................05. 23 36 Amendment of s 223 (Entitlement to election funding—registered political parties)... 2.6... eee ee 23 37 Amendment of s 224 (Entitlement to election funding—candidates) 24 38 Replacement of s 225 (Advance payment of election funding) . . 25 225 Election funding amount...................0005 25 39 Amendment of s 226 (Need for aclaim).................... 26 40 Amendment of s 227 (Candidate may give direction about payment of election funding)... 2.00.20... eee eee eee 26 41 Amendment of s 228 (Electoral expenditure incurred)......... 27 42 Amendment of s 230 (Lodging of claim).................... 27 43 Amendment of s 231 (Deciding claim) ..................... 27 44 Amendment of s 232 (Accepting aclaim)................... 28 (