Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000 (Act No. 27 of 2000)Chapter 5 : Voting46. Initial procedures |
| (1) | Immediately before opening a voting station for voting, the presiding officer must show all agents and candidates present that each ballot box to be used at that voting station is empty. |
| (2) | Immediately after all agents and candidates present at the voting station have assured themselves that a ballot box is empty, the presiding officer must seal that box by means of a seal designed and supplied to the presiding officer for that purpose. |
| (3) | The closing and securing of a ballot box must be done by closing all openings, except for the opening through which the ballot papers must be deposited into the ballot box, and securing the openings tightly enough by means of a seal supplied to the presiding officer for that purpose, so that ballot papers cannot be inserted into or removed from the ballot box through those openings. |
