Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01736:reg:35
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01736
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 35
Character Range: 31833–33138

35  Declaration of results
 (1) As soon as practicable after the ballot has closed, the returning officer must:
 (a) give the information mentioned in subsection (2), in writing, to the Managing Director; and
 (b) either:
 (i) place that information on the Corporation's internal website; or
 (ii) send that information to each eligible voter by electronic means.
 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the information is as follows:
 (a) the result of the election;
 (b) the number of persons on the roll of voters;
 (c) the number of ballot papers issued;
 (d) the number of envelopes containing election material that were returned undelivered by the day on which, and time at which, the ballot closed;
 (e) the number of ballot papers returned to the returning officer;
 (f) the number of informal ballot papers;
 (g) the number of ballot papers that were not counted because of subsection 32(3);
 (h) the number of eligible voters whose ballot papers were not counted because of subsection 32(4);
 (i) the number of votes counted for each candidate;
 (j) the number of ballot papers on which a voter did not indicate a further preference after the voter's first preference;
 (k) any other information the returning officer considers relevant to the election.

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