Section 90, The Public Elections Act, 2012

(1) Upon the conclusion of the counting of votes, the Counting Officer shall seal in separate packets the ballot papers counted and those rejected, the ballot papers for each constituency candidate or candidate in any other election held the same day, being kept separate from those of any other candidate; and each packet shall be endorsed on the outside by the Counting Officer with the name of the constituency candidate or other candidate, or as the case may be, with the name of the candidate in any other election held the same day for whom the votes represented by the ballot papers were cast. (2) The Counting Officer shall prepare a statement of the result of the poll which shall be in the form prescribed in the Eighth Schedule and shall certify a sufficient number of copies for distribution to– 46 47 Rejection of void ballot papers. Over voting. Counting Officer’s decision to be final. Re-count. Counting Officer’s duties at conclusion of counting. (a) the National Returning Officer; (b) each Regional Returning Officer; (c) the District Returning Officer; (d) each counting agent of a candidate or political party present at the poll; (e) himself. (3) The copy of the statement of the result of the poll which is intended for the National Returning Officer shall be dispatched by a means other than that by which the copy to the District Returning Officer was dispatched. (4) The Counting Officer shall then place the sealed envelopes with the counted ballots, the rejected ballots and other election documents as may be decided upon by the Electoral Commission, into the ballot box, and shall lock the ballot box and fix his seal to it and invite the other polling station officials and counting agents who may be present to affix their own seals on the ballot box.