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Social Service Professions Act, 1978 (Act No. 110 of 1978)

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Regulations Relating to the Establishment of the Professional Board for Community Development Practice, 2024

14. Examination and safekeeping of ballot papers before elections

 

The returning officer shall –

 

(1) Ensure that voting through an electronic means is done in a manner that is secure and that no other person has access to the electronic folder for receiving and storing the votes until the last day of polling; and

 

(2) Place each identification envelope for a vote done in terms of regulation 13(4)(a) received by him or her unopened in a ballot box previously sealed by him or her in the presence of a candidate, agent or polling officer while it was empty, and shall keep such ballot box in safe custody until the end of the polling day so that no person has access to it.