Counting for Covering Envelopes and Ballots

1. The procedure for counting of covering envelopes and ballots in the Republic of Lithuania shall be laid down and such counting shall be managed by the CEC.

2. Counting of postal vote covering envelopes and ballots, their issuing and acceptance when voting in special post offices shall be managed by the heads of these post offices. They shall indicate established data in a log specially designated for this purpose. Counting of postal vote covering envelopes and ballots, used when voting in military units stationed abroad, their issuing and acceptance shall be managed by the commanders of those military units. They shall transfer to the CEC established data, unused postal vote covering envelopes, ballots and postal vote covering envelopes with ballots marked by voters. The CEC shall, not later than before election day, forward the received covering envelopes with ballots completed by voters to the PEC on the voter list of which the voter concerned has been entered.

3. One day before election day the post office head shall deliver unused postal vote covering envelopes and ballots, receipts confirming the acceptance of the envelopes and special stamps to the MEC.

4. The heads of the post offices or people authorised by them shall deliver postal vote covering envelopes containing ballots marked by voters to MECs on election day, but not later than by 11 am, and the MECs shall forward them to the respective PECs by the end of voting.

5. Covering envelopes, unused and spoiled ballots of voters who voted on the Thursday preceding election day shall be transferred to a MEC by the members of the election Commissions who went to the homes of the voters pursuant to the provisions of Article 64 of this Law. The MEC shall, not later than on the Friday preceding election day, deliver postal vote covering envelopes to the post office.

6. Covering envelopes, unused and spoiled ballots of voters who voted on the Friday or Saturday preceding election day shall be transferred to the PEC chairperson not later than 9.00 pm of the same day. Having checked the received election documents, the PEC shall decide whether or not voting at home has met the requirements of this Law.

7. Covering envelopes shall be stored together with ballots.

8. Before start to count the votes, covering envelopes of voters who voted by post shall be put together with covering envelopes of voters who voted at home, mixed and counted together according to Article 68 of this Law and in the same manner as the votes received by post.