268.1. The District Council must be in possession of the ballots f fteen days before the election.

268.2. For their control, the following measures will be taken:

a) The district boards of the Institute should in due time appoint the location of the electoral storehouse for the protection of the electoral documents of the elections;

b) The authorized personnel of the Institute will deliver the ballots on the pre-determined day, hour and place to the president of the district council, who will be accompanied by the other members of the council;

c) The secretary of the district council will take the detailed minutes of the delivery and reception of the ballots, including the number of ballots, the characteristics of the packaging in which they are contained, and the names and positions from the public servants that are present;

d) Subsequently, the members of the district council that are present will accompany the president to deliver the received documents in the previously assigned place on its premises, ensuring their safety by labels that are sealed and signed by the attendants. These details will be included in the respective minutes;

e) The same day or at the latest the next day, the president of the district council, the secretary and the Electoral Councilors will proceed to count the ballots to specify the received number, recording the page number, stamp them on the back and group them together according to the number of voters that corresponds to each of the polling stations to be installed, including those of the special polling stations according to the number of these established by the General Council. The secretary will register the information of this distribution, and

f) These operations will be done in the presence of the representatives of the political parties who decide to attend.

268.3. The representatives of the parties under their responsibility could, if they wish to, sign the ballots, taking minutes in which they list the number of ballots given to them to be signed, the number of ballots signed and, where applicable, the number of ballots missing after the signature procedure is made. In this last case, the competent authority will be informed immediately.

268.4. The lack of the signature of the representatives in the ballots will not prevent their timely distribution.