Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Elections
50D. DRE voting system procedures generally
Feedback & supportExcept as otherwise provided in sections 50B and 50C and any regulations made under this section, any poll using any DRE voting system must be conducted in the same manner as that in which voting is conducted under sections 35 to 51, and is regarded as a poll for the purposes of this Act.
DRE voting system
“direct recording electronic voting system” or “DRE voting system” means any voting system using DRE voting machines;
The ballot image displayed on any approved DRE voting machine at any poll must be an identical representation in electronic form of the ballot paper used at the poll.
DRE voting machine
“direct recording electronic voting machine” or “DRE voting machine” means any mechanical, electronic or electro‑optical machine that can —(a)be activated by a voter to mark or record his or her vote for any candidate or group of candidates on a ballot display on the machine;(b)process the vote by means of a computer program;(c)instantaneously record and store that vote in a memory device within the machine; and(d)sort and count votes marked or recorded on all ballot displays on that machine,and includes any computer program that is used in the operation of the machine;
The Minister may make regulations modifying the application of any provision of this Act to the conduct of polls using a DRE voting system, including in particular, prescribing the training of presiding officers in operating DRE voting systems, the procedures on opening and closing of such a poll, the manner of voting, the counting of votes and for the safe despatch or transmission of records of voting using DRE voting machines for counting, including recounting, if any.