§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. The ballots shall be counted by teams in the following manner only: by one election official announcing the vote in a loud clear voice, one election official tallying the vote, one election official watching the election official announcing the vote and one election official watching the election official tallying the vote. The election official doing the announcing or tallying and the election 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; am L 2019, c 136, §34]