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Article 119
 

Tabulation and issuance of the election result by the Counting Team

1. At the conclusion of the procedure established in article 118 of this Code, the First Counter together with the other members of the Counting Team completes the table of results for that Voting Centre according to the template prescribed by the CEC. 

2. The original table of voting results according to point 1 of this article, including the contestations, if any, by a member of the Counting Team, is to be delivered immediately in person to the CEAZ by the Counting Team. A copy of the table of results is given to each member of the Counting Team and to the observers of electoral subjects. One copy is sent immediately to the CEC by electronic means. 

3. After the completion of the procedures specified by points 1 and 2 of this article, the ballot papers are enclosed in separate envelopes for each electoral subject, with the exception of the contested ballot papers, whereas the invalid votes are enclosed in the envelope with the notation “INVALID VOTES”. The envelopes with the ballot papers for the electoral subjects, the envelope with the invalid ballot papers, the envelope with the contested ballot papers and the envelope with the Record of Sealing are enclosed in the ballot box. The box is sealed with seals with new security codes. The numbers of the codes are recorded in the table of results. After that, in the case of local elections, the box again is placed near the table of the Counting Team and the box with the ballot papers for the political parties or electoral coalitions is taken. In the case of local government elections, for the ballot boxes with the ballot papers for the political parties or electoral coalitions, the Counting Team performs the same actions specified by articles 116-119 of this Code. 

4. Only after it has sent the processed boxes to the designated place inside the room of the Ballot Counting Centre and has handed over to the CEAZ the respective table of results for the counted voting centre, does the Counting Team take the ballot boxes with the ballot papers and the voting material of the next voting centre from the stack of the ballot boxes.