Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Commission may declare a candidate to be elected for a division if satisfied any uncounted ballot papers cannot, because of the number of them, affect the outcome of the scrutiny.
(2) For subsection (1), uncounted ballot papers are:
(a) ballot papers that have not been received by an authorised officer for the division; or
(b) ballot papers for the division that have not been subject to scrutiny under this Part.