Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to the ballot papers mentioned in section 120(1)(b).
(2) An authorised officer must:
(a) set aside all informal ballot papers, count them and place them in a parcel; and
(b) arrange all formal ballot papers under the names of each candidate for whom the first preference vote on the ballot papers was cast; and
(c) count the first preference votes given for each candidate on formal ballot papers; and
(d) make and sign a statement stating the number of:
(i) votes cast as first preference votes for each candidate; and
(ii) informal votes; and
(e) place all formal ballot papers mentioned in paragraph (b) in separate parcels according to the candidate for whom the first preference vote was cast; and
(f) seal the parcels mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (e) and endorse on each parcel a statement of its contents.
(3) A candidate's scrutineer may sign any of the following:
(a) the statement mentioned in subsection (2)(d);
(b) a sealed parcel mentioned in subsection (2)(f).