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Article 57
 

Invalid ballot papers



Invalid shall be considered the ballot papers which:





do not have the control stamp of the committee of the polling station on them;



are of a different model than the established one;



have the stamp “Voted” applied in several quadrilaterals;



were not applied the stamp “Voted” in any circle of any quadrilateral;



contain additional names of the electoral competitors written by the voters;



   were deformed or scribbled in such a way that the voter’s choice is not clear any more.





The ballot paper may not be declared invalid simply because the voter applied the stamp “Voted” several times in one quadrilateral or because the stamp was applied outside the circle from the quadrilateral or on the logotype or symbol of the electoral competitor, but the voter’s choice is nevertheless clear.



The chairman of the electoral committee of the polling station shall give the possibility to the members of the committee and to the persons authorized to assist at electoral operations to examine the ballot paper that is to be considered invalid.



If the members of the electoral committee of the polling station doubt the validity of the ballot paper, voting shall solve the problem, and the voting result shall be recorded in the protocol of the committee’s meeting.



[Article 57 as amended by the Law no.796-XV from 25.01.2002]

[Article 57 as amended by the Law no.894-XIV from 23.03.2000]