Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The result of a
poll by postal ballot shall be ascertained by scrutiny and count of the votes
cast.
(2) As soon as
possible after the poll has closed and not before, in the presence of such
scrutineers as may attend —
(a) each
outside envelope addressed to the returning officer shall be opened;
(b) each
counterfoil envelope shall be checked against the list of eligible producers;
(c) each
counterfoil envelope shall be checked to ensure it contains the name and
signature of the eligible producer;
(d) the
name of each eligible producer who has forwarded an envelope addressed to the
returning officer as indicated by the counterfoil envelope shall be marked on
the list of eligible producers;
(e) if
the counterfoil envelope addressed to the returning officer is in order, the
ballot paper envelope enclosed therein shall be placed unopened into a sealed
ballot box;
(f) if
the counterfoil envelope addressed to the returning officer has been found not
to be in order the envelope still containing the ballot paper envelope and
ballot paper shall remain unopened and be marked “Not in Order”;
and
(g) the
ballot box containing the unopened ballot paper envelopes shall be opened and
the ballot papers removed from the envelopes.
(3) For the purposes
of the count each ballot paper shall be sorted according to the answer given
on the ballot paper but where a ballot paper —
(a) does
not bear the initials of the returning officer or a facsimile thereof;
(b) has
a mark or anything else by means of which the voter can be identified; or
(c) is
not marked in accordance with the directions given on the ballot paper,
the ballot paper shall
be rejected.
[Regulation 22 amended in Gazette
13 Feb 2001 p. 872.]