Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) The checking of postal voting certificates is to be carried out in accordance with this regulation.
(2) The checking of a postal voting certificate:
(a) may be carried out at any time that the Divisional Returning Officer considers practicable after receiving a postal vote; and
(b) is to be carried out in the presence of another officer or a person approved by the Chief Electoral Officer.
(3) The Divisional Returning Officer must examine an elector's postal vote certificate and his or her application for a postal ballot-paper.
(4) If satisfied that:
(a) the signature on the postal vote certificate is the same as that on the application for the postal ballot-paper;
(b) the signature on the postal vote certificate purports to be witnessed by an authorised witness; and
(c) the vote marked on the postal ballot-paper contained in the envelope purports to have been cast before 6.00 p.m. on polling day,
the Divisional Returning Officer must:
(d) place a mark against the name of the elector on a certified list of voters to be used by him or her for the purposes of the determination of the results of the poll; and
(e) place the envelope unopened in the ballot-box referred to in regulation 10.
(5) If the Divisional Returning Officer is not satisfied of the matters referred to in subregulation (4)(a), (b) and (c), he or she must mark the unopened envelope with the word "rejected" and place it in the ballot-box referred to in regulation 10.