Victorian Consolidated Regulations

DISABILITY REGULATIONS 2018 - REG 29

In the presence of a person nominated by the Public Advocate and as soon as practicable after the close of the election, the returning officer must—

        (a)     remove the ballot paper envelope from each reply paid return envelope received before 4 p.m. on polling day; and

        (b)     record receipt of the ballot paper envelope on the list of community visitors; and

        (c)     separate the signed ballot paper envelopes from the unsigned ballot paper envelopes; and

        (d)     disallow the unsigned ballot paper envelopes; and

        (e)     remove and separate the ballot papers from the signed ballot paper envelopes; and

        (f)     count the votes recorded on the ballot papers removed from the signed ballot paper envelopes.