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Vote Counting

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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: As soon as practicable after the termination of the voting the presiding officer shall make up into separate packets, and seal- (a) the ballot box in use at the polling station, locked and sealed so as to prevent the introduction of additional ballot papers but with the key attached ... And shall deliver the packets to the Electoral Officer together with the register of electors as marked. The Electoral Officer shall open each ballot box and, taking out the ballot papers, shall, with the assistance of the counters, count and record the number of ballot papers in the ballot box and the number of votes marked thereon in favour of each candidate.
Source: Subsidiary Legislation: Elections Regulation Part IV, art. 16(1)(a), Part 5, Art. 19 under Elections Ordinance http://www.paclii.org/ki/legis/consol_act/eo167.pdf
Verified: 2020/05/02
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VC011

When are ballots recounted?
Question:Under what conditions are ballots recounted?
Answer(s): c. Automatically (triggered) recounted under certain conditions
d. By request
Comments: When an equality of votes is found to exist between any candidates so that an addition of a vote would entitle any of them to be declared elected, the Chief Electoral Officer shall order a recount of the votes cast. If there is again an equality of votes as ascertained by such recount, the Electoral Commission shall order that another election shall be held and a poll taken on such day as he shall specify for the purpose of determining which of the candidates between whom such equality of votes was found to exist shall be elected to the office of Beretitenti. At such election only those candidates between whom the equality of votes was found to exist shall be entitled to be candidates and no new nominations shall be required in respect of any of them. The decision of the Electoral Officer as to any question arising in respect of any ballot paper shall be final, and shall be subject to review only on an election petition questioning the elecion.
Source: Election of Beretitenti Act, Art.13 http://www.paclii.org/ki/legis/consol_act/eoba231.pdf Subsidiary Legislation: Elections Regulation Part V, Article. 23 under Elections Ordinance http://www.paclii.org/ki/legis/consol_act/eo167.pdf
Verified: 2020/05/02
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