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Q. Determination of election results


Article 60(9) retains the current provision that requires all ballots in a mobile ballot box be invalidated if the number of ballots and envelopes in the mobile ballot box exceeds the number of voter applications for use of the mobile ballot box. It is questionable whether the existence of one extra ballot is a sufficient justification for invalidating all mobile ballots. A better practice may be to note any discrepancy in the number of mobile ballots in the protocol, thereby preserving an evidentiary basis for later consideration should there be the mathematical possibility that an extra ballot in the mobile box could have affected the determination of the winner in the constituency. The OSCE/ODIHR and the Venice Commission previously recommended revising the requirement that an entire ballot box be invalidated on the basis of one more ballot/envelope than applications for ballots. This recommendation remains unaddressed.