South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) At any time within
72 hours after the returning officer has made a provisional declaration, a
candidate (not being a candidate in whose favour the provisional declaration
was made) may, by notice in writing lodged with the returning officer, request
a recount of the votes cast in relation to the relevant vacancy or vacancies
and, in the event of a request being made, the returning officer must cause a
recount of votes to be made in accordance with the request unless the
returning officer considers that there is no prospect that a recount would
alter the result of the election.
(2) The
returning officer may, on his or her own initiative, during the period of
72 hours referred to in subsection (1), decide to conduct a recount
of any votes cast in the election.
(3) The following
provisions apply to a recount:
(a) the
returning officer should give the candidates reasonable notice of the time and
place at which it is to be conducted;
(b) the
returning officer may reverse a decision taken at the count;
(c) if
the votes of two or more candidates are equal and one of them was excluded by
lot at the count, the same candidate must be excluded at the recount.