Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The Electoral
Commissioner shall preserve and hold in custody all such ballot papers and
other documents forwarded by the returning officers under the provisions of
this Part until —
(a) in
the case of a Council election other than a general election for the Council,
the election concerned can be no longer questioned; or
(b) in
the case of a general election for the Council, the members elected at the
next succeeding general election for the Council become entitled to sit and
vote,
when such ballot
papers and other documents shall be destroyed.
(2) If the Electoral
Commissioner has consented to the use, for the purposes of research or
analysis, of any ballot papers or other documents that are liable to be
destroyed under subsection (1), then the Electoral Commissioner may defer
their destruction until the conclusion of that research or analysis.
[Section 152 amended: No. 40 of 1987 s. 75; No. 35
of 2012 s. 24; No. 20 of 2021 s. 80.]