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48 Virgin Islands Constitution No. 7 of 1954.
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and Ltections.

(3) If in the course of counting the votes any
ballot paper is found with the counterfoil still
attached thereto, the returning officer shall (care-
fully concealing the numbers thereon from all
persons present and without examining them him-
self) remove such counterfoil. He shall not
reject’ the ballot paper merely by reason of the
failure of the presiding officer to remove the
counterfoil,

(4) If in the course of counting the votes the
returning officer discovers that the presiding officer
has omitted to affix his initials to any ballot paper
as provided by subsection (1) of section 69, he shall,
in the presence of a poll clerk and such of the
candidates or their counting agents, affix his initials
to such ballot paper and shall count such ballot
paper as if it had been initialled by the presiding
officer in the first place, provided that he is satisfied
that the ballot paper is one that has been supplied
by the presiding officer, and also that every ballot
paper supplied to such presiding officer has been
accounted for as provided by paragraph (e) of sub-
section (1) of section 74.

(5) The returning officer shall keep a record
on the special form printed in the poll book of every
objection made by any candidate or his counting
agent or any voter present, to any ballot paper
found in a ballot box, and shall decide every
question arising out of the objection. The decision
of the returning officer shall be final, subject to
reversal on petition questioning the election or
return; and every such objection shall be numbered,
and # corresponding number placed on the back of
the ballot paper and initialled by the returning
officer.

(6) All the ballot papers not rejected by the
returning officer shall be counted and a list shall
be kept of the number of votes given to each candi»
date and of the number of rejected ballot papers.
The ballot papers which respectively indigate the
votes~given for each candidate shall be put into
separate envelopes; all rejected ballot papers shall
be put into a special envelope and all such envelopes