South Australian Numbered Regulations South Australian Numbered 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
his or her 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 he or she 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.