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ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 184 Second count—first preferences

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 184

Second count—first preferences

    (1)     If preferences marked on paper ballot papers have not been entered on the approved computer program under section 182 (8), the commissioner shall—

        (a)     arrange for an officer at a scrutiny centre to open the parcels referred to in section 182 (5) (d) (including those to which that paragraph applies under section 183) and, so far as practicable, conduct a second scrutiny of the ballot papers in accordance with section 182 (4) and (5); and

        (b)     from the result of the second scrutiny, ascertain—

              (i)     the number of unrejected ballot papers on which a first preference is recorded for each candidate; and

              (ii)     the number of informal ballot papers for each electorate.

    (2)     The commissioner must, using the approved computer program, ascertain from the result of the first scrutiny of electronic ballot papers and any paper ballot papers from which preferences have been entered on the computer program under section 182 (8)—

        (a)     the number of unrejected ballot papers on which a first preference is recorded for each candidate; and

        (b)     the number of informal ballot papers for each electorate.

    (3)     For subsection (1), the officer conducting the second scrutiny may reverse a decision made at the scrutiny under section 182.