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Article 5.22
 

(1) The Central Election Commission of BiH shall establish Regulations for counting ballots and establishing the voting results for ballots cast by voters who have voted by tendered ballots, absentee ballots, ballots cast by prisoners or voters confined to institutions, and homebound voters unable to come to the Polling Station due to age, illness or disability, and ballots cast by mail.


(2) All ballots shall be counted at the Polling Stations, except where the Central Election Commission of BiH determines that ballots should be counted at one or more Main centers for counting. The Central Election Commission of BiH shall establish Regulations for counting ballots and establishing the results at a centralized counting center. The voting results at a Main center for counting shall be posted at the counting center so that the results can be publicly viewed, and the copies of voting results shall be delivered to accredited observers at the centralized counting upon their request.


(3) The Central Election Commission of BiH shall appoint a director of the Main Center for Counting and three deputies. The director and deputies shall be from different constituent peoples of BiH and one shall be a representative of Others. The director and deputies shall be persons with a minimum of three years of experience in conducting the elections and may not be active members of any political party.


(4) Ballots shall be counted in a manner that would not violate the secrecy of the vote.