§ Electoral Act s. 47Counting of votes and determination of provisional results

(1) Thecounting
officer must open all the used ballot boxes that were sealedin terms of section 42(1) or (2).
(2) The counting officer must(a)
cause the ballot papers to be sorted on the basis of the ballot papers for each
election if more than one election was held at a voting station on the same day;
(b)
causethe ballot papers for each election to besortedandcompare
number of ballot papers issued in the prescribed manner;
it with the
(c)
cause the votes cast in each election to be counted in the prescribed manner; and
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determine the result of each count at that voting station.
(3) The counting officer must reject a ballot paper(a)
that indicates the identity of the voter;
(b)
on which a vote is cast for more than one registered party or for more than one
candidate;
(e)
that is unmarked;
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that is marked in such a way that it is not reasonably possible to determine the
voter’s choice;
(e)
that does not bear the mark required in terms of section 38 ( 5 ) (c); or
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that is not an official ballot paper.
(4) The counting officer must mark “rejected”on the back of each rejectedballot paper
and file the rejected ballot papersseparately.
(5) If a counting officer’s acceptance or rejection of a ballot paper is disputed by an
agent, the counting officer must(a)
mark “disputed” on the back of that ballot paper;
(b)
file separately,butcause
disputed; and
(c)
file separately the rejected ballot papers that are disputed.
tobe
counted,theaccepted
ballot papers that are