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Article 67
 

1. A precinct commission shall compile a protocol of vote returns for the relevant election precinct, referendum precinct.


(in the version of Federal Law of July 21, 2005, # 93-FZ)


2. A protocol of vote returns shall consist of a single sheet of paper. In exceptional cases, such protocol may consist of more than one sheet, and each sheet shall be signed by all present voting members of the precinct commission and sealed with the seal of the precinct commission. A protocol of vote returns shall contain:


(in the version of Federal Law of July 21, 2005, # 93-FZ)


a) the number of the copy;


b) the name of the election, referendum, the date of voting;


c) the word “Protocol;”


d) the polling station address with the number of the electoral precinct, referendum precinct;


(in the version of Federal Law of July 21, 2005, # 93-FZ)


e) protocol lines in the following succession:


line 1: the number of voters, referendum participants who were included in the list as of the end of voting time;


line 2: the number of ballots received by the precinct commission;


line 3: the number of ballots issued to voters, referendum participants who voted early, and in case of early voting at Russian Federation subject referendum a separate line 4 shall also state the number of voters who voted early at the premises of the territorial commission;


line 5: the number of ballots issued to voters, referendum participants at the polling station on voting day;


line 6: the number of ballots issued to voters, referendum participants who voted outside of the polling station on voting day;


line 7: the number of cancelled ballots;


line 8: the number of ballots contained in mobile ballot boxes;


line 9: the number of ballots contained in stationary ballot boxes;


line 10: the number of invalid ballots;


line 11: the number of valid ballots; line 12 and the following lines: the number of votes for each of the options contained in all ballots, the number of votes for the options “Yes” and “No” (“Pro” and “Contra”) contained in referendum voting ballots. If a law provides for voting by absentee certificates, the protocol of vote returns shall also contain the lines: line 11a: the number of absentee certificates received by the precinct commission;


line 11b: the number of absentee certificates issued by the precinct commission to voters, referendum participants in the electoral precinct, referendum precinct before voting day;


line 11c: the number of voters, referendum participants who voted by absentee certificates in the electoral precinct, referendum precinct;


line 11d: the number of absentee certificates cancelled in the electoral precinct, referendum precinct;


line 11e: the number of absentee certificates issued by the territorial commission (electoral commission of municipality, district electoral commissions) to voters, referendum participants;


line 11f: number of lost absentee certificates. In order to record information obtained in the case provided by section 22 of article 68 of this Federal Law, the vote returns protocol must also contain the following lines:


line 11g: number of lost ballots;


line 11h: number of ballots not accounted for at receipt;


(sub-section “e” in the version of Federal Law of October 04, 2010, # 263-FZ)


f) information about the number of complaints (applications), statements and other documents that are appended to the protocol, which were received by the precinct commission on voting day before the end of counting of votes cast by voters, referendum participants;


(in the version of Federal Law of July 21, 2005, # 93-FZ)


g) surnames and the initials of the chairman, deputy chairman, secretary and the other voting members of the precinct commission, and their signatures;


h) the date and time when the protocol was signed;


i) the seal of the precinct commission.


3. The numbers specified in Section 2 of this article shall be entered into the protocol of vote returns both in figures and in words. The numbering of the lines of the protocol shall be established by law.