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Article 96
 

Void ballot papers


1. Votes cast in an envelope or in a ballot paper other than the officially approved form, as well as ballot papers not placed in any envelope or in an envelope containing more than one ballot paper of different candidatures, shall be null and void. Should an envelope contain more than one ballot paper for the same candidate, the vote shall be valid but counted only as one. 


2. Votes cast on ballot forms where names of candidates have altered, added or deleted o where their order of priority has been changed, as well as those with the addition of words or any expression or whatever intentional alteration, shall also be null and void.


3. In elections to the Senate, votes cast in ballot papers where more than three candidates have been ticked out for provincial constituencies, more than two names for each of the constituencies of Gran Canaria, Mallorca and Tenerife and of the cities of Ceuta and Melilla, or more than one for the remaining insular constituencies, shall be null and void. 


4. Votes cast in envelopes that have been tampered with in any of the manners mentioned in the preceding subsections shall be equally null and void.
5. Envelopes that do not contain a ballot paper shall be treated as valid blank votes. The same shall apply to unmarked ballot papers in elections to the Senate.



 2. AS AMENDED BY SECT. 32 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 2/2011, OF JANUARY 28
 3. AS AMENDED BY SECT. 13 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 13/1994, OF MARCH 30
 5. AS AMENDED BY SECT 28 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 8/1991, OF MARCH 13