sec.91Procedure for processing declaration envelopes

### sec.91 Procedure for processing declaration envelopes The returning officer must— inform all candidates for election of the times when, and the places where, declaration envelopes will be examined by the returning officer; and allow the candidates, or their scrutineers, to attend at the processing of declaration envelopes. On examining the declaration envelopes, if the returning officer is satisfied the declaration has been properly completed, the envelope is sealed and the declarant on the envelope is entitled to cast a vote, the returning officer must— record on the voters roll, in a way approved by the returning officer, that the declarant has voted; and place the envelope containing the ballot paper (the accepted envelope ) in a locked or sealed ballot box; and keep the accepted envelope in the ballot box until dealt with under subsection (3) and section 95 . The returning officer may take the accepted envelopes from the locked or sealed ballot box and remove the ballot papers from the envelopes, without unfolding them, or allowing anyone else to unfold them, and keep them in a locked or sealed ballot box until dealt with under section 95 . The returning officer must— put all ballot papers (not in declaration envelopes) that are in a ballot box opened under section 89 (3) into a locked or sealed ballot box, without unfolding them, or allowing anyone else to unfold them; and keep them there until they are dealt with in the official counting of votes. If a declaration envelope is rejected, the returning officer must set it aside in the officer’s custody for separate identification. The returning officer must seal up in separate parcels, and keep in the officer’s custody for separate identification— all accepted declaration envelopes from which ballot papers have been removed; and all rejected declaration envelopes. s 91 amd 2019 No. 30 s 181 (sec.91-ssec.1) The returning officer must— inform all candidates for election of the times when, and the places where, declaration envelopes will be examined by the returning officer; and allow the candidates, or their scrutineers, to attend at the processing of declaration envelopes. (sec.91-ssec.2) On examining the declaration envelopes, if the returning officer is satisfied the declaration has been properly completed, the envelope is sealed and the declarant on the envelope is entitled to cast a vote, the returning officer must— record on the voters roll, in a way approved by the returning officer, that the declarant has voted; and place the envelope containing the ballot paper (the accepted envelope ) in a locked or sealed ballot box; and keep the accepted envelope in the ballot box until dealt with under subsection (3) and section 95 . (sec.91-ssec.3) The returning officer may take the accepted envelopes from the locked or sealed ballot box and remove the ballot papers from the envelopes, without unfolding them, or allowing anyone else to unfold them, and keep them in a locked or sealed ballot box until dealt with under section 95 . (sec.91-ssec.4) The returning officer must— put all ballot papers (not in declaration envelopes) that are in a ballot box opened under section 89 (3) into a locked or sealed ballot box, without unfolding them, or allowing anyone else to unfold them; and keep them there until they are dealt with in the official counting of votes. (sec.91-ssec.5) If a declaration envelope is rejected, the returning officer must set it aside in the officer’s custody for separate identification. (sec.91-ssec.6) The returning officer must seal up in separate parcels, and keep in the officer’s custody for separate identification— all accepted declaration envelopes from which ballot papers have been removed; and all rejected declaration envelopes. - (a) inform all candidates for election of the times when, and the places where, declaration envelopes will be examined by the returning officer; and - (b) allow the candidates, or their scrutineers, to attend at the processing of declaration envelopes. - (a) record on the voters roll, in a way approved by the returning officer, that the declarant has voted; and - (b) place the envelope containing the ballot paper (the accepted envelope ) in a locked or sealed ballot box; and - (c) keep the accepted envelope in the ballot box until dealt with under subsection (3) and section 95 . - (a) put all ballot papers (not in declaration envelopes) that are in a ballot box opened under section 89 (3) into a locked or sealed ballot box, without unfolding them, or allowing anyone else to unfold them; and - (b) keep them there until they are dealt with in the official counting of votes. - (a) all accepted declaration envelopes from which ballot papers have been removed; and - (b) all rejected declaration envelopes.