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Electoral Act 2004
129Early declaration of elected candidate
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129 Early declaration of elected candidate
(1) The Commission may declare a candidate to be elected for a
division if satisfied any uncounted ballot papers cannot, because of
the number of them, affect the outcome of the scrutiny.
(2) For subsection (1), uncounted ballot papers are:
(a) ballot papers that have not been received by an authorised
officer for the division; or
(b) ballot papers for the division that have not been subject to
scrutiny under this Part.