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Section M9
 

  1. The municipal executive of The Hague shall designate electoral committees and polling stations which are exclusively intended for postal votes. Section J 11 and section J 16, where the latter relates to polling booths, shall not apply to these polling stations.


 



  1. Notwithstanding section J 1, the municipal executive may provide that these electoral committees shall also be in session on days in the period between the thirty-sixth and the forty-second day after nomination day, at times to be determined by the municipal executive, to perform the procedures referred to in sections M 10 and M 11. In that event, notwithstanding section M 8, subsection 2, the mayor shall ensure that the adequately stamped return envelopes are handed to the chairperson of the electoral committee on those days.


 



  1. If the municipal executive of The Hague has availed itself of the power referred to in subsection 2, these electoral committees shall not commence the procedures referred to in sections M 10 and M 11 until the electoral committee has completed the count, in accordance with section N 16a, subsection 1, of the ballot papers found in the ballot box at the start of polling day.


 



  1. Notwithstanding section J 1, subsection 2, voting shall end on polling day as soon as the postal vote electoral committees have completed the procedures referred to in sections M 10 and M 11 in respect of all the return envelopes received on time.


 



  1. Further rules shall be made by order in council on the sessions referred to in subsection 2 and the safekeeping of ballot papers.


 



  1. The applications referred to in section M 4, subsection 4 shall be placed on the tables of these polling stations instead of the extract referred to in section J 17, subsection 1.