288.1. The scrutiny and count is the procedure by which the members of each of the directive boards of polling stations will determine:

a) The number of voters who voted in the polling station;

b) The number of votes cast in favor of each of the political parties or candidates;

c) The number of invalid votes, and

d) The number of leftover ballots from each election.

288.2. The following are invalid votes:

a) Those expressed by a voter in a ballot that is deposited in the ballot box, without having marked any square containing the emblem of a political party or of an independent candidate, and

b) When the voter has marked two or more squares without there being a coalition between the parties whose emblems have been marked.

288.3. When the voter marked two or more squares on the ballot and there is a coalition between the parties whose emblems have been marked, the vote will count for the candidate of the coalition and will be recorded separately in the corresponding space of the scrutiny and count certi f cate of the polling station.

288.4. Leftover ballots are understood as those that were delivered to the directive board of the polling station and that were not used by voters.