Initial count of postal votes
95 Initial count of postal votes
(1) This section applies to the declaration ballot papers mentioned in section 94(1)(c).
An authorised officer must:
(a) set aside all informal ballot papers, count them and place them in a parcel; and
(b) arrange all formal ballot papers under the names of each candidate for whom the first preference vote on the ballot papers was cast; and
(c) count the first preference votes given for each candidate on formal ballot papers; and
make and sign a statement stating the number of:
votes cast as first preference votes for each candidate; and
informal ballot papers; and
(e) place all formal ballot papers mentioned in paragraph (b) in separate parcels according to the candidate for whom the first preference vote was cast; and
(f) seal the parcels mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (e) and endorse on each parcel a statement of its contents.
A candidate's scrutineer may sign any of the following:
the statement mentioned in subsection (2)(d);
a sealed parcel mentioned in subsection (2)(f).
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