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Vote Counting

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea

VC004

Votes are sorted/counted at
Question:Following the close of the voting, where are the votes first sorted and counted?
Answer: c. Special counting centres
Comments: c) Counting Centers within the electorate where the election was held.
Source: Organic Law on National and Local-level Government Elections, Section 148: http://www.paclii.org/pg/legis/consol_act/olonalge519/ (2017)
Verified: 2017/03/16
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VC011

When are ballots recounted?
Question:Under what conditions are ballots recounted?
Answer(s): d. By request
Comments: 170.1) Subject to Subsections (4) and (5), where on the final count, the margin of votes between the candidate who polled the highest number of votes and the candidate who polled the next highest number of votes does not exceed 0.25% of the number of votes polled by the candidate who polled the highest number of votes, the candidate who polled the next highest number of votes may, at any time before the declaration of the result of the election, request the Returning Officer to re-count the ballot-papers contained in a parcel 212 d) The National Court may order a recount in an electorate. In addition, in certain cases, a candidate may request the Returning Officer to conduct a recount before the declaration of the result of the election.
Source: Organic Law on National and Local-level Government Elections, Section 170, 212 (1.d): http://www.paclii.org/pg/legis/consol_act/olonalge519/ (2017)
Verified: 2017/03/16
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