Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000 (Act No. 27 of 2000)RegulationsMunicipal Electoral Regulations, 2000Schedule APart VI : Voting and Counting26. Counting procedure |
| (1) | The counting of votes contemplated in section 60(2) of the Act must be conducted in the following manner— |
| (a) | The ballot papers are sorted according to the different ballots conducted at the voting station. |
| (b) | Thereafter, in respect of each ballot, the following procedure is followed— |
| (i) | The ballot papers for each ballot are counted and compared with the total number of ballot papers issued (and not cancelled) for that ballot at the voting station as reflected on the ballot paper statement completed by the presiding officer in terms of regulation 25. |
| (ii) | The ballot papers are examined in order to determine whether any must be rejected for a reason mentioned in section 61(1) of the Act. |
| (iii) | The rejected ballot papers, if any, are filed separately. |
| (iv) | The remaining ballot papers are sorted face up according to the votes cast in favour of each party or |
| (v) | The ballot papers for each party or each ward candidate are bound separately in packages of 10 and thereafter 10 packages of 10 bound together with elastic bands. |
| (vi) | The ballot papers for each party or each ward candidate, as the case may be, are counted and the totals recorded in terms of section 63(1) in a form substantially similar to Appendix 20A, in the case of a party list ballot and in a form substantially similar to Appendix 20B in the case of a ward ballot. |