Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations41. Dealing with ballot boxes and electoral papers
(1) At the close of polling, the officer in charge of a polling place must, in the presence of any scrutineers:
(a) close and seal the ballot boxes containing ballot papers for ordinary voting or declaration voting; and
(b) parcel and seal all unused ballot papers; and
(c) parcel and seal all other electoral papers used at the polling place (including spoilt and discarded ballot papers).
(2) The officer must send the ballot boxes and papers mentioned in subregulation (1) to the returning officer for scrutiny.
(3) However, subregulations (1)(a) and (2) do not apply to ballot boxes if the polling place is a scrutiny centre and scrutiny of the poll is to proceed immediately after the close of polling at the polling place.