South Australian Numbered Regulations South Australian Numbered Regulations15—Arranging papers for counting
(1) The
returning officer will, as soon as practicable after the close of voting for
an election, with the assistance of persons appointed or nominated by the
returning officer, and in the presence of scrutineers or officers of the Board
who may be present, ensure that all voting papers returned for the purposes of
the election in accordance with these regulations are made available under
this regulation.
(2) The
returning officer will, for the purposes of the election (and with such
assistance as may be necessary and appropriate)—
(a)
examine the declaration on each envelope validly returned under these
regulations and determine which votes are to be accepted for further scrutiny;
and
(b) tear
off the extensions to the envelope flaps on the envelopes accepted; and
(c)
rearrange the envelopes that no longer bear tear-off extensions so that the
anonymity of voters is maintained; and
(d)
remove the ballot papers from those envelopes; and
(e)
examine the ballot papers and reject informal ballot papers; and
(f)
arrange all unrejected ballot papers into appropriate parcels for counting.