Electoral (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2024 (SA)

South Australia Electoral (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2024 A Bill For An Act to amend the Electoral Act 1985 and to make related amendments to the Local Government Act 1999.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 2 Commencement Part 2—Amendment of Electoral Act 1985 3 Amendment of section 4—Interpretation 4 Amendment of section 18—Polling places 5 Amendment of section 31A—Itinerant persons 6 Amendment of section 32—Making of claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment 7 Amendment of section 40—Order in which applications are to be determined 8 Amendment of section 53—Multiple nomination of candidates endorsed by political party 9 Amendment of section 53A—Nomination of candidate by a person 10 Amendment of section 54—Declaration of nominations 11 Amendment of section 58—Grouping of candidates in Legislative Council election 12 Amendment of section 60A—Voting tickets 13 Amendment of section 62—Printing of descriptive information on ballot papers 14 Amendment of section 65—Properly staffed polling booths to be provided 15 Amendment of section 66—Preparation of certain electoral material 16 Amendment of section 69—Entitlement to vote 17 Amendment of section 71—Manner of voting 18 Amendment of section 74—Issue of declaration voting papers by post or other means 19 Amendment of section 74A—Offence to distribute application form for issue of declaration voting papers 20 Amendment of section 77—Times and places for polling 21 Amendment of section 79—Vote to be marked in private 22 Amendment of section 80—Voter may be accompanied by an assistant in certain circumstances 23 Amendment of section 80A—Voting near polling booth in certain circumstances 24 Insertion of Part 9 Division 5B Division 5B—Voting for eligible electors using telecommunications technology 84D Voting for eligible electors using telecommunications technology 25 Amendment of section 85—Compulsory voting 26 Amendment of section 91—Preliminary scrutiny 27 Amendment of section 95—Scrutiny of votes in Legislative Council election 28 Amendment of section 96—Scrutiny of votes in House of Assembly election 29 Amendment of section 112—Publication of electoral advertisements, notices etc 30 Amendment of section 112A—Special provision relating to how‑to‑vote cards 31 Amendment of section 115A—Automated political calls 32 Insertion of sections 115B to 115D 115B Certain artificially generated electoral advertisements prohibited 115C Prescribed artificially generated electoral advertisements to include certain statements 115D Withdrawal etc of certain advertisements 33 Amendment of section 116—Published material to identify person responsible for political content 34 Amendment of section 116A—Evidence 35 Substitution of section 119 119 Maintenance of order at and near places for voting and counting centres 36 Amendment of section 130G—Requisites for appointment 37 Amendment of section 130I—Termination of appointment of agent Schedule 1—Related amendments to Local Government Act 1999 1 Amendment of section 226—Moveable signs 2 Insertion of section 226A 226A Control of electoral advertising posters for Commonwealth elections