Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A scrutineer may object to the officer conducting a determination of the results of a referendum as to the admission or rejection of a ballot-paper as a formal ballot-paper.
(2) The officer conducting a determination of the results of a referendum must:
(a) determine an objection made under subsection (1) by admitting or rejecting the ballot-paper the subject of the objection as a formal ballot-paper; and
(b) mark the ballot-paper "admitted" or "rejected" according to his or her decision.
(3) Nothing in this section prevents the officer conducting a determination of the results of a referendum from rejecting a ballot-paper as being informal although no objection is made to it.
(4) A reference in this section to the officer conducting a determination of the results of a referendum is to be read as a reference to the Divisional Returning Officer for the division in respect of which the votes were cast in the application of this section to a ballot-paper used for voting under Division 5 or section 36.