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§ 120
 

Transferring of the votes cast by voters voting with a voting card


(1) In constituencies where the election procedure was not annulled, the ward elections authorities, as well as the municipal elections authorities, have to enter the names of the voters voting with a voting card in the vote record and to put down in a record the number of ballot paper envelopes handed in by voters voting with voting cards, arranged according to the constituency from which the voters are coming. The sealed ballot paper envelopes are to be attached to this record. The record, together with the ballot paper envelopes handed in by voters voting with voting cards and the vote record, constitutes the election file of the local elections authorities.


(2) The ward elections authorities outside of the City of Vienna discussed in para 1 are to submit the ward election files to the respective municipal elections authorities. These have to take out the ballot paper envelopes contained in the election file of the ward elections authorities as well as the ones from their own election file, to arrange them according to constituencies and to put down in a record the number of ballot paper envelopes handed in for each constituency. Thereafter, the unopened ballot paper envelopes, together with a letter stating the number of ballot paper envelopes being submitted, are to be demonstrably sent to the provincial elections authority from whose area the ballot paper envelopes originated in a sealed envelope in the quickest possible manner.


(3) The ward elections authorities in the City of Vienna, where the election procedure was not annulled, the ballot paper envelopes handed in by voters voting with voting cards are to send in a sealed envelope to the responsible provincial elections authority, according to para 2. The submission to the provincial elections authority in the City of Vienna is to be effected through the Vienna City Administration, to the other provincial elections authorities demonstrably in the quickest possible manner. 


(4) The present provisions are only applicable, when voters voting with voting cards cast their vote in one of the local elections authorities, specified in paras 1 to 3. When no ballot paper envelope was handed in by voters voting with voting cards in the voting hours, this fact is to be put down in a record of the election procedure.


(5) When the provincial elections authorities are dealing with ballot paper envelopes handed in by voters voting with voting cards abroad, the regulations set out in § 96, para 1, are to be applied accordingly.


(6) The provincial elections authorities, on whose territory the election procedure was annulled, first have to put down in a record the number of ballot paper envelopes handed in by voters from other constituencies and arranged according to constituencies, submitted to them by the local elections authorities. The sealed ballot paper envelopes handed in by these voters, together with a letter stating the number of ballot paper envelopes being submitted, are to be sent as quickly as possible in a sealed envelope to the provincial elections authority, from the area of which the ballot paper envelopes originated.