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Section N16
 

  1. At a postal vote polling station, once section N 1, subsection 2 has been applied, the requests referred to in section M 4, subsection 4 together with a certified declaration by the electoral committee concerning the number of initials shall be placed in a packet, which shall then be sealed. The return envelopes referred to in section M 11 and the postal vote certificates submitted shall then be similarly packaged.


 



  1. Before taking the measures referred to in section N 4, the chairperson of the postal vote electoral committee shall open the envelopes to be found in the ballot box. If an envelope is found to contain no ballot paper or more than one ballot paper, this shall be noted. If an envelope is found to contain more than one ballot paper, the chairperson of the postal vote electoral committee shall put these ballot papers back into the envelope and set it aside, after having sealed it.