# The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002, Paragraph 50: Sealing up of ballot papers


(1) On the completion of the counting of the votes at a contested election the returning officer shall seal up in separate packets the counted and rejected ballot papers.
(2) The returning officer shall not open the sealed packets of tendered ballot papers or of counterfoils and certificates as to employment on duty on the day of the poll, or of marked copies of the register of electors and lists of proxies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2002/0110390946/schedule/1/paragraph/50 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-authorities-mayoral-elections-england-and-wales-regulations-2002/schedule-1/paragraph-50
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