1. Ballot papers are divided into valid and invalid votes.

2. Only ballot papers on which a vote has been clearly cast for only one of the electoral subjects or for a political party which is a member of a coalition on the respective ballot paper are valid votes.

3. Invalid votes are the ballot papers where:

a) the ballot paper does not have the same size, colour or format as the ballot paper approved by the CEC;
b) the stamps provided for in article 103 of this Code are missing from the ballot paper;
c) notations or signs are made on the ballot paper that make the evaluation of the vote impossible;
ç) notations in favour or in disfavour of certain electoral subjects are made on the ballot paper;
d) there is a vote for more than one of the electoral subjects on the ballot paper;
dh) no electoral subject is voted for on the ballot paper;
e) it is not clear for whom the vote is cast; or
ë) the voter has voted for a person or a subject that is not on the ballot paper.

4. The evaluation of votes aims at identifying, as much as possible, the voter’s intent. Pursuant to this article, the CEC shall draft special guidelines to facilitate the work and unify the practice of evaluation of the ballot papers by commissions and persons tasked under this Code for the counting and evaluation of votes.