Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to the parcels of ballot papers sent to the Commission or an authorised officer under section 98(1)(h).
(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 98(1)(e).
(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).