Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to the parcels of ballot papers mentioned section 108(2)(e).
(2) An authorised officer must:
(a) open the parcels and remove all the ballot papers; and
(b) set aside all informal ballot papers, count them and place them in a parcel; and
(c) arrange all formal ballot papers under the names of each candidate for whom the first preference vote on the ballot papers was cast; and
(d) count the first preference votes given for each candidate on formal ballot papers; and
(e) place all formal ballot papers mentioned in paragraph (c) in separate parcels according to the candidate for whom the first preference vote was cast; and
(f) seal the parcels mentioned in paragraphs (b) and (e) and endorse on each parcel a statement of its contents; and
(g) make any necessary amendments to the statement mentioned in section 108(2)(f).
(3) A candidate's scrutineer may sign any of the following:
(a) a sealed parcel mentioned in subsection (2)(f);
(b) the amended statement mentioned in subsection (2)(g).