Handing in of the election files from the municipal election authorities and in Vienna from the ward elections authorities to the district elections authority

(1) Immediately after the local election results have been established, the election files of the municipal elections authorities and in Vienna of the ward elections authorities are to be handed in to the relevant district elections authority in closed and if possible sealed envelopes.

(2) The municipal elections authorities who are not able to hand in their election files to the district elections authority on the election day have to transmit the ballot paper envelopes handed in by voters from other regional constituencies voting with voting cards separately to the district elections authority, immediately after having counted them according to § 84, para 3. The district elections authority has to then immediately transmit these to the provincial elections authorities. At the same time the voting cards received according to § 70 para 3 have to be counted and be sent to the district election authorities.

(3) The district election authority shall beginn by seperating the received envelopes from other regional constituencies as well the received voting cards according to § 70 para 3 from different regional constituencies and count them. Subsequently, those envelopes have to be packed up with the voting cards and shall immediately be transferred to the provincial election authorities.