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Section V7
 

  1. The persons qualified to take part in a new poll as referred to in section V 6 shall be those whose names appear on the valid voting passes, voters’ passes, certificates of authorisation and postal vote certificates that were submitted in the poll that was declared invalid, with the exception of persons who, it becomes clear after the poll that was declared invalid, should not have been registered to vote.


 



  1. Notwithstanding subsection 1, if the poll referred to in section V 6 concerns all polling stations in a municipality:


(a) the following shall be qualified to take part in the new poll: persons who for the purposes of the poll referred to in section V 6 were registered to vote in the municipality, with the addition of persons who, it became clear following the poll that was declared invalid, should have been but were not registered to vote in the municipality and voters whose names appear on the valid voters’ passes and certificates of authorisation that were submitted in the poll that was declared invalid;


(b) the following persons shall not be qualified to vote in the new poll:


1º persons qualified to vote who were issued with a voter’s pass, certificate of authorisation or postal vote certificate;


2º persons who, it became clear following the poll that was declared invalid, should not have been registered to vote in the municipality.