Personation at elections: applying or voting in another's name is an offence, with a lawful proxy exception preserved. Personation at elections is an offence consisting of applying for a voting paper or voting in another's, a dead person's, or a fictitious name, or applying for a voting paper in one's own name after already voting at the same election; abetment, procurement or attempts to procure such voting are also criminalised, subject to an exception for persons lawfully authorised to vote as a proxy acting within their proxy authority.
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Personation at elections: applying or voting in another's name is an offence, with a lawful proxy exception preserved.
Personation at elections is an offence consisting of applying for a voting paper or voting in another's, a dead person's, or a fictitious name, or applying for a voting paper in one's own name after already voting at the same election; abetment, procurement or attempts to procure such voting are also criminalised, subject to an exception for persons lawfully authorised to vote as a proxy acting within their proxy authority.
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