reg 25

Counting votes

In force

(1)

To count votes, the manager of the election must—

(a)

admit the formal votes and reject the informal votes; and

(b)

count the formal votes, and record the number for each candidate; and

(c)

count the informal votes.

(2)

A vote is informal only if—

(a)

the ballot paper is not initialled by the manager under section 26(4)(b) and the manager is not satisfied the paper is authentic; or

(b)

the ballot paper is marked in a way that allows the voter to be identified; or

(c)

the ballot paper is not marked in a way that makes it clear how the voter meant to vote; or

(d)

the ballot paper does not comply with a direction given under section 14(1)(g); or

(e)

the ballot envelope from which the ballot paper was taken contained more than 1 ballot paper.

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