When the central election authority has received cover envelopes for postal votes, these shall be delivered to the election committee in the municipalities where the voters are included in the electoral roll.

If a voter neither is nor should be included in the electoral roll or if it is not possible to investigate in which electoral roll a voter is included as the personal identity number is missing or is incomplete, the central election authority shall retain the cover envelope. The envelopes that are retained by the authority shall be stored in a secure way until the election has entered into final force. The envelopes including their content shall thereafter be destroyed without voting secrecy being jeopardised.

The central election authority shall keep notes of anything that is implemented pursuant to this section.