Section 81, The Public Elections Act, 2012

(1) On the day appointed for an election under section 57, the Presiding Officer at each polling station shall, at the expiration of the hours of voting prescribed under section 73, close the polling station and cease to receive any votes and shall as soon as is practicable, in the presence of any polling agents or observers in attendance, make up into separate packets, each sealed with his own seal– (a) the ballot boxes in use at the polling station, unopened and sealed, so as to prevent the introduction of additional ballot papers; (b) a certificate he has received under subsection (2) of section 74; (c) the unused and spoilt ballot papers, placed together; 42 43 Admission of persons to polling stations. Restriction on admission to polling stations. Prevention of personation. Conduct in polling stations. Sealing of ballot boxes. (d) the marked copies or part of the Register of Voters; and (e) the counterfoils of the used ballot papers, and shall arrange for the counting of votes at the polling station. (2) The packets made up under subsection (1) shall be accompanied by a statement to be called “the Ballot Papers Account”, which shall be in Form A of the Seventh Schedule, prepared by the Presiding Officer, showing the number of ballot papers entrusted to him and accounting for them under the following heads:– (a) number of unused ballot papers; (b) number of spoilt ballot papers; and (c) number of persons marked on the Register of Voters as having been issued with ballot papers.