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68.   Election return

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

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68.   Election return

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    (1)   The returning officer upon the fourth day next following that upon which he or she has made the final count of or ascertained the number of votes given for each candidate, shall deliver personally or by some person specially appointed by him or her to the Chief Elections Officer for transmission to the Commission—

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      (a)     the writ with his or her return in the form set out as Form 27 in Schedule 3 endorsed thereon that the candidate having the majority of votes has been elected;

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      (b)     a report of his or her proceedings in the form directed by the Chief Elections Officer;

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      (c)     the recapitulation sheets in the form directed by the Chief Elections Officer, showing the number of votes cast for each candidate at each polling station, and making such observations as the returning officer may think proper as to the state of the election papers as received from his or her presiding officers;

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      (d)     the statements of the polls;

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      (e)     the reserve supply of undistributed blank ballot papers;

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      (f)     the returns from the various polling stations enclosed in sealed envelopes, as required by this Act, and containing the poll book used at the poll, a packet containing the stubs and unused ballot papers, packets containing the ballot papers cast for the several candidates, a packet containing the spoiled ballot papers, a packet containing the rejected ballot papers and a packet containing the official list used at the poll, and the written appointments of candidates' agents;

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      (g)     all other documents used for the election; and

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      (h)     an oath in the form set out as Form 28 in Schedule 3.

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    (2)   The returning officer shall forward to each of the candidates a duplicate or copy of the return to the writ made by him or her.

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    (3)   A premature return shall be deemed not to have reached the Commission until the same should have reached them in due course, and they shall, if circumstances so require, send back such return and any or all election documents connected therewith to the returning officer for completion or correction.

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    (4)   The Commission shall, on receiving the return of any member elected to serve in the House transmit the writ with the return endorsed thereon to the Governor General within the time specified therein.

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    (5)   The Commission shall on receiving the return of any member elected to serve in the House cause it to be entered in the order in which such return is received by them in a book kept for such purpose and shall thereupon give notice in the Gazette of the name of the candidate so elected in the order in which it was received.

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    (6)   The Chief Elections Officer shall, immediately after each general election, cause to be printed a report giving, by polling divisions, the number of votes polled for each candidate, the number of rejected ballots, the number of names on the lists of electors, together with any other information that he or she may deem fit to include; and shall also, at the end of each year, cause to be printed a similar report on the by-elections held during the year.

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