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Chapter 12
 

On the Wednesday following the election day, the election committee shall meet to examine and count the votes that have not been counted at the polling stations. This meeting is public. The result of the committee’s vote count is preliminary.


At the meeting the committee shall examine:


1. window envelopes and cover envelopes for postal votes that were received by the committee and retained there up to and including the election day;


2. window envelopes and cover envelopes for postal votes that the voting clerks have returned to the committee in accordance with Chapter 9, Section 13;


3. window envelopes and cover envelopes for postal votes that were received by the committee before any of the ballot boxes referred to in Section 2 have been emptied; and


4. window envelopes and cover envelopes for postal votes that the voting clerks have inserted into special covers under Chapter 9, Section 12.


The examination shall, as appropriate, be conducted in the same way as under Chapter 9, Sections 9– 12.


If more time is needed to carry out the counting of votes in a satisfactory manner, the election committee shall continue its meeting for counting of votes on the Thursday following the election day.