Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2004 - SECT 76

    (1)     This section applies to ballot papers issued under Subdivisions 2 and 3 at an early voting centre outside the Territory.

    (2)     As soon as practicable after 6 pm on the day before election day, an authorised officer must:

        (a)     open the ballot boxes; and

        (b)     remove the envelopes containing the ballot papers; and

        (c)     without opening the envelopes, sort them into ballot papers issued under Subdivisions 2 and 3; and

        (d)     place them in separate parcels; and

        (e)     seal the parcels; and

        (f)     send them to the Commission.