25Poll for the district

#### 25 Poll for the district 25 Poll for the district > > (1) The returning officer shall, as soon as practicable after the close of the poll, with such assistance as the returning officer may deem necessary, proceed to count the votes given on all ballot-papers (not rejected as informal), including postal and absent voters’ ballot-papers, used in connection with the poll for the returning officer’s district. > > > > The returning officer shall as soon as is practicable after the count has been completed prepare a statement certifying in relation to the votes given at all the polling places in or for that district: > > > > > (a) the number of votes given in favour of the Bill, > > > > > (b) the number of votes given not in favour of the Bill, > > > > > (c) the number of ballot-papers rejected as informal, > > > > and shall transmit the statement to the Electoral Commissioner. > > > (2) It shall be permissible for the returning officer to accept information as to the votes polled at Lord Howe Island which is transmitted to the returning officer by cable or wireless and which the returning officer is satisfied is authentic in lieu of the statement referred to in section 23.