(1) After voting has finished, the chairman of the ward election board shall arrange for the Formal Envelopes and ballots that have not been used by voters to be put under seal. Then, he/she shall have the regular ballot-box opened. Should certain voters have required the use of a portable ballot-box, and should the ward election board have used it, the portable ballot-box shall be opened, and the contents emptied shall be added to the contents of the regular ballot-box.
(2) The ward election board shall remove the Formal Envelopes containing ballots from ballot-boxes, count the number of Formal Envelopes found, and compare the number arrived at with records entered into extracts from both the Permanent Electoral Roll and Register of Persons Unable to Vote Locally. No envelopes other than the Formal Envelopes shall be admitted by the ward election board. Ballots found in the ballot-box bare of the Formal Envelope shall also be invalidated.
(3) Having emptied the Formal Envelopes, the ward election board shall sort the ballots with the distinct candidates, and add up the votes cast in favour of each candidate separately.
(4) Each member of the ward election board shall have the right to see the contents of any ballot. The regularity of vote counting shall be supervised by the chairman of the ward election board.
