Counting of Votes of the Precinct in the MEC

1. The MEC shall begin counting votes upon receiving all PEC results protocols and other election documents from all polling stations.

2. The MEC shall accept the election documents delivered by the PEC and shall check:
1) whether all documents (packages) which had to be submitted have been delivered;
2) sealing and labelling of the packages (whether the labels are full and correct);
3) whether all data have been entered in the PEC results protocol; if they do not contradict one another; if they correspond to the data available to the MEC (the number of ballots issued to the PEC, the number of voters, the number of covering envelopes received by post); if there are all necessary signatures; whether all dissenting opinions of the PEC members, remarks of observers are attached to the protocol in which they are specified; and
4) whether all remarks and complaints of voters have been considered in the PEC.

3. The MEC shall immediately report the data of the PEC results protocol, its comments concerning the documents submitted by the PEC to the CEC in the manner prescribed by it and shall ensure the safety of the submitted documents.

4. The packages sealed by the PECs, which contain ballots and other election documents, may be opened in the MEC only by the decision of the MEC.

5. Having established the lack of the documents submitted by the PEC, the MEC shall take appropriate measures and request the PEC chairperson to supply the missing documents.

6. The MEC shall count the votes in the following manner: shall sum up the data submitted by the PECs and shall add to them the votes cast by post, which have been counted in the MEC.