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Article 38
 

§ 38. Verification of voting results in electoral district

(1) On the basis of the records received from the division committees, the rural municipality or city election committee shall verify the number of electors entered in the polling lists, the number of electors who received a ballot, the number of electors who participated in the voting, the number of invalid ballots and the number of votes in favour of candidates and candidate lists for each electoral district. The result obtained shall be checked by recounting the ballots. A standard format record shall be prepared concerning the voting results.

(2) If a discrepancy arises between the voting results presented by the division committee and the voting results counted by the rural municipality or city election committee, the voting results shall be checked, and the circumstances giving rise to the discrepancy shall be clarified. The rural municipality or city election committee shall adopt a decision concerning the final voting results.

(3) If this Act is violated in any polling division or electoral district, the county election committee or the National Election Committee may declare the voting results in the polling division or electoral district invalid. In such case, the rural municipality or city election committee shall hold a repeat election within one month in the corresponding polling divisions, and the election results of the corresponding local government council elections shall be verified after the results of the repeat election become clear. Voting results shall not be declared invalid if a violation of this Act does not affect the election results.

(16.06.99 entered into force 23.06.99 - RT I 1999, 54, 581)