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Electoral Act 2004
125Objections by candidate's scrutineer
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125 Objections by candidate's scrutineer
(1) A candidate's scrutineer may object to the admission or rejection of
a ballot paper as a formal ballot paper.
(2) The objection must be made to the officer conducting the scrutiny.
(3) The officer must decide the objection by admitting or rejecting the
ballot paper the subject of the objection as a formal ballot paper
and must mark the ballot paper "admitted" or "rejected" according to
the decision.
(4) This section does not prevent the officer from rejecting a ballot
paper as being informal even though no objection is made to it.