Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) As soon as practicable after the close of the poll, the returning officer, in the presence of any scrutineers that choose to be present, must—
(a) open the ballot-box; and
(b) produce unopened all signed ballot-papers received up to the close of the poll; and
(c) detach and separate the flap containing the voter's details from each ballot-paper envelope; and
(d) after the flaps have been detached, open each ballot-paper envelope and extract the ballot-paper; and
(e) count the votes taking into account the number of votes each voter may cast.
(2) Any ballot-paper that does not contain the word "YES" or the word "NO" written by the voter on the ballot-paper or contains both the word "YES" and the word "NO" is informal and must not be counted.
(3) A ballot-paper must not be rejected as informal for any reasons other than those prescribed in subregulation (2) so long as the voter's intention is clear.