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Vote Counting

Mauritius Mauritius

VC004

Votes are sorted/counted at
Question:Following the close of the voting, where are the votes first sorted and counted?
Answer: a. The polling stations
Comments: On the day next following the poll the returning officer shall attend at the place of election or such other place as he may appoint, and at 8 a.m. shall, in the presence of such of the duly appointed agents of the candidates as attend, break any seal affixed to each ballot box in compliance with the provisions of these regulations, open each ballot box and first proceed to count the ballot papers contained in each ballot box and record the number thereof, keeping the ballot papers with their faces upwards and taking all proper precautions for preventing any person from seeing the numbers on the backs of such papers, and then proceed to count the votes.
Source: Electoral Law: National Assembly Elections Regulations, sec. 45 & 47. Rouikaya Kasenally (2009): "Chapter 8: Mauritius" Compendium of Elections in Southern Africa 1989-2009: 20 Years of Multiparty Democracy, EISA, Johannesburg, 294.
Verified: 2012/02/25
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VC011

When are ballots recounted?
Question:Under what conditions are ballots recounted?
Answer(s): d. By request
e. Court order
Comments: A candidate or his election agent may, if present when the counting is completed, require the returning officer to have the votes recounted or again recounted but the returning officer may refuse to do so if in his opinion the request is unreasonable. In the event of electoral disputes, petitions are heard by a court with at least two judges sitting on the bench. Election petitions must be submitted to the courts within 21 days after the date of the return of results.
Source: Electoral Law: National Assembly Elections Regulations, sec. 51 Electoral Law: The Representation of the People Act, art. 45-48A.
Verified: 2012/02/25
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