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Article 91
 

Voting at the polling session


Pre-election ballots shall not be considered valid:



  1. if the sender is not on the electoral register,

  2. if the sender has already cast his or her vote,

  3. if the sender has waived the right to vote in that particular polling ward, cf. Article 80,

  4. if the sender has died before the election day,

  5. if the postal envelope contains more than one accompanying letter and one ballot-paper envelope,

  6. if it is evident that the prescribed materials that the Ministry of Justice has had made have not been used,

  7. If the rules laid down for pre-election ballots have not been adhered to, or

  8. if the vote has not been cast within the period referred to in Article 57, and in paragraph 5 of Article 58.


In the event that there is more than one ballot that was cast outside of the polling session arriving from the same voter and which come up for consideration then only the ballot that was cast last shall be considered.