§16-25 - Order and method of counting.
§16-25 Order and method of counting. Each ballot shall be counted and finished as to all the candidates thereon before counting a second and subsequent ballots. Except as provided in section 11-71, the ballots shall be counted by teams in the following manner only: by one precinct official announcing the vote in a loud clear voice, one precinct official tallying the vote, one precinct official watching the precinct official announcing the vote and one precinct official watching the precinct official tallying the vote. The precinct official doing the announcing or tallying and the precinct official watching that official shall not be of the same political party. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1973, c 217, §6(c); gen ch 1993]