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Article 273
 

273.1. During the day of the election the minutes of the Election Day will be taken, which will contain the information common to all elections and the scrutiny and count certi f cates of each of the elections.


273.2. The first Sunday in June of the year of the ordinary election, at 7:30 a.m., the president, secretary and scrutineers of the directive boards of the polling stations appointed as ordinary members will present themselves to start the preparations for the set-up of the polling station in the presence of the attending representatives of the political parties and Independent Candidates.


273.3. At the request of a political party, the ballots may be signed or sealed by the randomly chosen representatives of a party or candidate before the polling station, who may do so by parts in order to not hinder the development of the vote. Under the assumption that the randomly chosen representative refuses to sign or seal the ballot, the representative who originally submitted the request will have this right. The lack of initial or stamp on the ballot shall not be reason to nullify the votes received. Immediately after, the recording of the Election Day minutes will begin by filling in and signing the section related to the set-up of the polling station.


273.4. The minutes of the Election Day will include the following sections:


a) That of the installation, and


b) That of the closure of voting.


273.5. In the section corresponding to the installation, it will be declared:


a) The place, date and time in which the act of set-up starts;


b) The full name and original signature of the persons who act as polling station officials;


c) The number of ballots received for each election in the corresponding polling station, including the folio numbers in the minute;


d) The ballot boxes were set up or opened in the presence of attending officials and representatives to verify that they were empty and that they were placed on a table or appropriate place in view of the voters and the representatives of political parties and of Independent Candidates;


e) A list of the incidents raised, if any, and


f) Where applicable, the cause for changing the location of the polling station.


273.6. Votes may not, under any circumstances, be received before 8:00 a.m.


273.7. The members of the directive boards of the polling station cannot leave until it is closed.