Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated RegulationsA presiding officer who receives a spoilt ballot-paper or finds a discarded ballot-paper referred to in section 38 of the Act must:
(a) immediately write the word "spoilt" or "discarded", as the case may be, across the face of the ballot-paper;
(b) place the ballot-paper in an endorsed envelope; and
(c) at the close of polling forward the ballot-paper to the Divisional Returning Officer.