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Article 104
 

Election results in the constituencies


After the counting, the envelopes with the disputed ballots shall be closed with the senior electoral commission's seal, and the agents of the lists are also entitled to place their seals thereon. The senior electoral commission sends a transcript of its record of minutes regarding the election, including the disputed ballot papers, to the Ministry of Justice, which the Ministry of Justice presents, with the same marks on them as when the papers were received, to the Althing at the commencement of its session.


Next the senior electoral commission shall place all used ballot papers under seal and the valid and invalid ballot papers shall be kept separately. The ballot papers shall be kept until the Althing has ruled on the validity of the election, cf. Article 120, provided that there is no need for them because of a complaint that has been addressed to the Chief of Police. Then the ballot papers must be destroyed and a statement thereon must be recorded in the senior electoral commission's record of minutes.


The electoral commission shall then pack all electoral registers inside a sealed package and send them to the Ministry of Justice, which will keep them for one year, following which time it shall destroy them.