40Tally sheet to be kept

40 Tally sheet to be kept

40 Tally sheet to be kept

(1) The returning officer must keep a tally sheet (in either electronic or hard copy form) for each ballot containing the following information:

(a) total number of ballot papers or electronic votes,

(b) total number of informal ballot papers or electronic votes,

(c) a list of candidates,

(d) primary votes allocated to each candidate,

(e) secondary votes allocated to each candidate,

(f) exhausted ballot papers,

(g) progressive total votes for each candidate.

(2) At each stage of counting, the total number of votes divided by the number of candidates to be elected must correspond with the total number of formal ballot papers or electronic votes (including exhausted ballot papers).

cl 40: Am 2009 (389), Sch 1 [24]–[27].