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Article 67
 

Counting of Votes Cast at the Polling Station



1. The PEC, in the presence of at least 3/5 of its members, shall inspect the ballot box of the polling station whether or not the seals have been broken and whether or not there are other evidences which indicate that it could have been opened or that ballots could have been removed in any other way. The PEC, in the presence of at least 3/5 of its members, shall decide if the ballot box has been tampered with. If the PEC decides that the ballot box was tampered with, an act shall be drawn up about this and votes shall not be counted.



2. Upon the ascertainment that the ballot box was not tampered with and in the presence of at least 3/5 of the PEC members as well as observers, the ballot box shall be opened, all ballots shall be placed on tables (any other documents and writing materials must not be present on the tables) and the votes shall be counted.



3. Votes shall be counted in such a way that this procedure, marks made by voters in ballots could be observed by all people present during the count. The CEC shall issue the concrete procedure for counting votes.



4. The number of the voters of the precinct shall be established according to the Voter list for Precinct. The number of voters who have been issued ballots shall be determined according to the signatures of the voters confirming the receipt of the ballots. The number of voters who have voted at the polling station shall be determined according to the number of the ballots found in the ballot box of the polling station. The number of voters who have participated in the election shall be established according to the number of ballots found in the ballot box of the polling station and the number of ballots received by post.



5. If more ballots are found in the ballot box than those issued to the voters, the PEC shall take measures to clarify the reason.



6. The results of the vote counting shall be entered in the PEC results protocol.