Section 101, The Public Elections Act, 2022

The Returning Officer shall, upon the conclusion of thecounting - (a) prepare a statement to be called the Ballot Papers Account, which shall be in Form A specified in the Seventh Schedule; seal up in separate packets the counted and the rejected ballot papers, and the ballot papers for each candidate shall be kept separate from those of any other candidate; (b) endorse on the outside of each packet the name of the candidate for whom the votes represented by the ballot papers herein were cast; (c) seal in separate packets the marked copy of the Gazette List and any unused ballot papers; (d) prepare a statement to be called the "Verification of Ballot Papers", which shall be in such form as specified in Form B in the Seventh Schedule; and (e) on request by a candidate or his Polling Agent, allow the candidate or Polling Agent to copy the statement. PART IX-ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF LOCAL COUNCILS