South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations (1) At any time before
notification of the result of the poll for an election is given under
regulation 34, the returning officer—
(a) on
their own initiative—may conduct a recount of any ballot papers received
in the election; or
(b) if a
candidate makes a request, either orally or in writing, for a recount of any
ballot papers received in the election and gives reasons for the
request—must conduct a recount of the ballot papers.
(2) In conducting a
recount, the returning officer—
(a) in
the case of a poll by secret ballot—has the same powers for the purposes
of the recount as they had in the count; and
(b) in
any other case—may make any reasonable decision in respect of the
allowance and admission, or disallowance and rejection, of a vote cast in the
poll.