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Section 99, The Public Elections Act, 2012

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(1) For the purposes of an election under this Part, the Returning Officer shall appoint the hours and place of the voting and meet each Chiefdom Council at the time and place appointed by him. (2) Pursuant to subsection (1), upon meeting a Chiefdom Council, the Returning Officer shall– (a) mark numbers serially against the names of the members of that Chiefdom Council who are present in the order in which they appear in the Gazette List; (b) read the list of candidates remaining nominated and display the symbols allocated to the candidates; (c) show the ballot boxes to the electors in the manner provided in section 72; (d) call the name of each voter in the Gazette List and cause a Polling Assistant to issue a ballot paper to each voter in turn. (3) Before issuing a ballot paper under subsection (2), the Polling Assistant shall place a mark against the number of the voter in the Gazette List to denote that a ballot paper has been delivered to him. (4) The voter shall then go alone to the booth or enclosure, put his mark against the symbol of the candidate of his choice secretly and then come out of the booth or enclosure with his ballot paper folded which he will then cast in full view of everyone present.

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