Article 23
Count of the votes in the precinct election commission
(1) After close of the vote the chairman of the precinct election commission shall give order to seal the remaining unused ballots and envelopes and open the ballot box. If the precinct election commission used also the mobile ballot box upon requests of citizens, the contents of the boxes shall be mixed after they both were opened.
(2) The precinct election commission shall take the envelopes out of the ballot box, count the envelopes and compare their number with the number of records made in the list of qualified voters. The commission shall put away all envelopes other than those pursuant to Art. 21.2. The commission shall also put away those ballots that were not in envelopes.
(3) After taking the ballots out of the envelopes the commission shall put away invalid ballots and find out how many votes each candidate received.
(4) Each member of the precinct election commission can look into the ballots. The chairman of the precinct election commission shall check whether the count is correct.
(5) Apart from the commission members, the commission’s recorder, members of higher election commissions and members of their expert (summarizing) units and persons with permission granted by the Central Election Commission shall have a right to be present in the room where the precinct election commission counts the votes.
