Recommendation Counting of Postal Ballots and Doubtful Ballots 9, paragraph 3 (Polling, Counting and Publication of Results) Pakistan 2002
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It is also recommended that ballot papers arriving after the close of poll on Election Day at the Returning Officer’s office should not be allowed. By doing so, the Returning Officer can include the postal ballots in the preliminary results. By authorising Presiding Officers to count doubtful ballots in polling stations and allow Returning Officers to count postal ballots at the close of the poll the ECP can do away with the consolidation of the results by ROs.
