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Article 348
 

348.1. The scrutiny and count of the votes cast abroad in the election of President of the United Mexican States will be subject to the following:


a) The president of the committee will verify that he has the nominal list of voters residing abroad that corresponds to it, and will he add the voters whose names in that list are marked with the word “voted”;


b) Then, the scrutineers will count the envelopes containing the electoral ballots and will verify that the result is equal to the sum of voters marked with the word “voted” mentioned in the previous subparagraph;


c) Once the above has been veri f ed, the president of the committee will open the envelopes and will take out the electoral ballots in order to, without further processing, deposit then in the ballot box; if, once opened, it is noticed that an envelope does not contain the electoral ballot, or contains more than one electoral ballot, the vote or votes will be considered invalid and the fact will be entered in the minutes;


d) The envelopes containing the ballots will be deposited in a separate container for their subsequent destruction;


e) Once the above has been done, the scrutiny and count will begin, applying the rules established in subparagraphs c) to f) of paragraph 1 of article 290 and 294 of this Law, where applicable, and


f) To determine the validity or invalidity of the vote, the provisions of article 291 of this Law and of subparagraph c) of this paragraph will be applied.