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Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998)

Chapter 4 : Elections

Part 2 : Counting of votes at voting station

50. Procedure concerning provisional results and voting materials

 

 

(1) After determining the result at a voting station, the counting officer must complete a form reflecting—
(a) the number of ballot papers supplied to the voting station;
(b) the result at the voting station;
(c) the number of counted ballot papers that were not disputed;
(d) the number of counted ballot papers that were disputed;
(e) the number of rejected ballot papers that were not disputed;
(f) the number of rejected ballot papers that were disputed;
(g) the number of cancelled ballot papers; and
(h) the number of unused ballot papers.

 

(2) Once the counting officer has complied with subsection (1), the counting officer must announce the result of the count at the voting station to members of the public and agents present at the voting station.

 

(3) Once the counting officer has complied with subsection (2), the counting  officer must inform the Commission of the result of the count at the voting station.

 

(4) Once the counting officer has complied with subsection (3), the  counting  officer must—
(a) seal in separate containers each of the items mentioned in subsection (1) and the written record of any objections in terms of section 48 or 49; and
(b) deliver the form completed in terms of subsection (1) and the sealed containers to an officer designated by the chief electoral officer.