Section 4 (3) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 67/2022, effective May 23, 2023.
(3) The decision of the election official responsible regarding the mark made under section 3 (1) (b) may not be challenged except as provided in this section, and the interpretation of the voter's intent may be changed only by the district electoral officer under section 136 of the Act on the final count or on a judicial recount under Division 3 of Part 7 of the Act.
Section 5 (1) (a) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 67/2022, effective May 23, 2023.
(a) a logic and accuracy test undertaken in accordance with subsection (2) and, if applicable, subsection (3) of this section;
Section 5 (2) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 67/2022, effective May 23, 2023.
(2) An election official must, in the presence of at least one other election official, undertake a logic and accuracy test of at least one piece of vote-counting equipment that was used in the electoral district during the initial count by
Section 5 (3) BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 67/2022, effective May 23, 2023.
(3) If the chief electoral officer specifies under section 115 (2) of the Act that ballots contained in certification envelopes are to be included in the initial count, the logic and accuracy test must be undertaken on at least one piece of vote-counting equipment used to count the votes on ballots contained in certification envelopes.
Section 5 (7) was added by BC Reg 67/2022, effective May 23, 2023.
Section 7 (1) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 67/2022, effective May 23, 2023.
(1) For the purposes of section 136 (0.1) of the Act, a district electoral officer conducting a recount under section 136 of the Act must follow the procedures described in this section.
Section 7 (2) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 67/2022, effective May 23, 2023.
(2) The district electoral officer must consider the ballots without using vote-counting equipment by following the procedure described in section 122 of the Act.