71Records of a manual count to be made available

71 Records of a manual count to be made available

(1) After all votes have been distributed to candidates in accordance with voters' first preferences, the election manager must ensure that a record of the distribution of first preference votes is prepared and is made available to any scrutineer present at the count.

(2) After the conclusion of the count, the election manager must—

(a) prepare a final record of the complete count showing the distribution of votes to candidates in accordance with voters' preferences at each stage of the count; and

(b) make copies of the record referred to in paragraph (a) available to any scrutineer present at the count to enable the scrutineer a reasonable time in which to examine the record before the declaration of the poll.

(3) The election manager may prepare additional records of the count at other stages of the count and make them available to any scrutineer present at the count.

(4) The election manager must provide a copy of the final record of the count to a candidate if requested to do so by the candidate.

(5) The election manager may publish a record of the count or make the record available to any person.

Division 4—Electronic counting of votes