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Article 120
 

1. For the elections for local government bodies, the CEAZ groups the ballot boxes by the respective body.


2. For each municipality, the counting starts with the counting of the votes for the mayor and then with the counting of the votes for the respective council.


3. Vote count for one body shall not start unless all the ballot boxes for the preceding body are counted.


4. Upon completion of the counting of a box, the table of its results is filled according to article 122 of this Code. The table of results for the voting centre contains also a column for votes for other bodies, but miscast in that box, which clearly specifies the number of miscast ballots in that box divided by the body for which the votes are cast.


5. When such ballots are found, the Counting Team sets them apart, folded, and does not evaluate them. At the conclusion of the counting for that box, these ballot papers are put in the envelope marked with “MISCAST VOTES” in separate envelopes for the body for which the votes were cast. The number of miscast votes found in that box is recorded in the special column the table of results. The next box is opened only after procedures are completed and the previous box is sealed.


6. After the respective Counting Team completes the counting of the last box, the First Counter fills in the Records of Findings, writing down the number of miscast ballots for each body found in each envelope. The envelopes with the miscast votes are sealed and delivered to the CEAZ along with the Records of Findings. The CEAZ opens the envelopes, makes the relevant annotations in the Meeting Records Book, and places these votes in special boxes, without opening the ballot papers. These boxes are the same as ballot boxes, and are opened and closed according to the procedures for the ballot boxes specified in this Code. The CEAZ has one box for miscast votes for each body for which elections are held in its territory.


7. Upon completion of the counting of all boxes for one body, the CEAZ compiles the Preliminary Aggregate Table of Results for the EAZ reflecting the result for the body for each voting centre. This table does not include the result of the box with the votes for the relevant body which are cast in the wrong box, specified in point 8 of this article. The result reflected in the Preliminary Aggregate Table of Results for the EAZ is not final. The table and any of its publication shall display the note that this result is not final.


8. At the conclusion of the vote counting for all ballot boxes of the EAZ, the CEAZ appoints immediately one of the Counting Teams to evaluate and count the votes cast in the wrong boxes for each body, administered according to this article. These votes are counted in accordance with the procedures specified in articles 116, 117 and 118 of this Code. The box with miscast ballots for one body is opened upon the completion of the counting of boxes for the respective body.


9. The result of the box is entered into a separate table of results for miscast votes, which specifies the body for which the votes are cast. The table is filled in and signed according to the procedures specified in article 119 of this Code.


10. Upon completion of the procedure specified in point 8 of this article, the CEAZ fills in the Aggregate Table of Election Results for that EAZ, reflecting the results of each counted box and the result of the box with miscast votes, filled in according to point 8 of this article.