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of randomisation was fair. I would not have imagined that this was a matter which was susceptible to much debate, but apparently it is. Apparently there is controversy about the balls in the rotating cages and so on. We need to make sure that whatever system is adopted is flexible and acceptable to the members of the Assembly. I commend the amendment.
Amendment agreed to.
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (10.25), by leave: Madam Speaker, I move together the Government amendments Nos 31 and 32, which read as follows:
31. Page 48, lines 12 and 13, proposed new section 123 (definition of "polling day"), omit the definition.
32. Page 48, line 18, proposed new subsection 124(2), omit "polling day", substitute "the day on which the poll for the election is required to be held".
Amendment No. 31 is necessary to correct a drafting error. The definition of "polling day" in proposed new section 123 is unnecessary, and related amendments are to be made to proposed new sections 155 and 156. Amendment No. 32 seeks to amend proposed new subsection 124(2) to ensure that the section does not have the unintended result of extending the right to vote to a person who turns 18 after the normal polling day but on or before a day to which polling has been adjourned. As it stands, the use of the defined phrase "polling day" would have this unintended effect. The amendment will make it clear that only those electors who turn 18 on or before the normal polling day are eligible to vote, even where polling is adjourned.
Amendments agreed to.
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (10.26): Madam Speaker, I move the Government amendment No. 33, as circulated, which reads:
33. Page 49, line 10, proposed new paragraph 126(b), after "electorates" insert "the polls for which are required to be".
Proposed new paragraph 126(b) is being amended to ensure that the offence of multiple voting covers a person who votes more than once at an election which has been adjourned to a day other than the normal polling day.
Amendment agreed to.
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