Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) As soon as
practicable after the close of the poll each assistant returning officer shall
—
(a) open
all ballot boxes received at his counting place and count all the votes on the
ballot papers, rejecting all informal ballot papers, and ascertain the number
of votes marked, respectively, in each of the authorised manners; and
(b)
enclose —
(i)
in one packet, all the used ballot papers in his
possession; and
(ii)
in another packet, all the unused ballot papers in his
possession; and
(iii)
in another packet, all copies of rolls, books,
communications from officers, or other papers or documents used or received at
or in connection with the referendum, that are in his possession;
and
(c) seal
up those packets, indorse each with a description of its contents and with the
name of the counting place and the date of the poll, sign the indorsement, and
forward the packets to the returning officer for the district together with a
statement certifying —
(i)
the number of votes marked, respectively, in each of the
authorised manners; and
(ii)
the number of ballot papers rejected as informal.
(2) The packet
mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(i) shall be sealed before the scrutineers (if
any) present and any scrutineer who desires to do so shall be permitted by the
assistant returning officer to affix his seal on the packet.
(3) The statement
prepared under subsection (1)(c) shall be verified by the signature of the
assistant returning officer and also by the signatures of such of the
scrutineers (if any) as are present and consent to sign it.
(4) Where a referendum
is held on the same day as an election subsection (1)(b)(iii) does not apply
to papers or documents that apply to both the referendum and the election.
[Section 26 amended: No. 40 of 1987 s. 103.]