§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]