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Vote Counting
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:
Counting is done immediately after the poling stations close.
Source:
Representation of the People Act, as amended, Schedule 5 (16): http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/VU/vanuatu-representation-of-the-people-act-1982-as/at_download/file
Verified:
2016/01/27
VC011
When are ballots recounted?
Question: Under what conditions are ballots recounted?
Answer(s):
d . By request
e . Court order
Comments:
A return observer representing a particular candidate's campaign may request as many recounts as the returning officer finds reasonable for a particular polling station. The Supreme Court may order an investigation of the vote count as part of an investigation raised by an election petition.
Source:
Representation of the People Act, Art. 62 & Schedule 5 (18): http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/VU/vanuatu-representation-of-the-people-act-1982-as/at_download/file
Verified:
2016/01/27
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