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TORRES STRAIT REGIONAL AUTHORITY (ELECTION OF OFFICEHOLDERS) REGULATIONS 2019 (F2019L00484) - REG 19

Request for recount

             (1)  The returning officer must conduct a recount of the ballot-papers received in an election if a candidate asks the returning officer to do so at any time before a declaration is made under section 18.

             (2)  A request for a recount may be made orally or in writing.

             (3)  A returning officer is not required to conduct more than one recount.

             (4)   In conducting a recount in relation to an election, the returning officer:

                     (a)  has the same powers in relation to the recount as the election officer had in relation to the counting of votes in the election; and

                     (b)  may make any decision about the allowance and admission, or disallowance and rejection, of a ballot-paper that the election officer could have made in relation to the count.

   



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