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However, Article 54.5 was amended not along the lines of the recommendations, but in such a way that it can now potentially, and even more seriously, undermine the secrecy of the vote. The measure, presented as a way to prevent possible multiple voting, must be read in conjunction with Article 48.2. As amended, Article 48.2 provides that ballot papers are to be divided into two detachable parts: the ballot itself and the ballot counterfoil. The ballot counterfoil has a serial number. The ID number and the name of the voter to whom the ballot is issued, as well as the name, surname and signature of the person issuing the ballot paper will be added by hand in the polling station (Article 53.1). After the 17 November amendments, the Article clearly specified that the polling station member shall only fill in the counterfoil (not the ballot, which was clearly never intended), and that the ID number of the voter shall not be filled in. The voter then takes the entire ballot paper to the booth, with the counterfoil still un-detached, and fills his/her ballot paper in secret.