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Article 40
 

Determination of Election Results by the district election commissions and Special District Election Commissions


(1) All special district election commissions shall start counting the votes as soon as the time limit specified for the conclusion of voting within the territory of the Czech Republic ends.


(2) As soon as the time limit specified for the conclusion of voting within the territory of the Czech Republic ends, the chairperson of each district election commission and special district election commission shall have all remaining unused ballot tickets, except for those designated for the counting of preferential votes, and official envelopes sealed (Article 42, Section 3). Next, all ballot boxes shall be opened.


(3) All official envelopes containing ballot tickets shall be taken out of individual ballot boxes by the district election commission or special district election commission. All mobile ballot boxes, if they have been deployed by the district election commission at an expressive request of individual voters, shall also be opened, all official envelopes containing ballot tickets shall be taken out and the content of all ballot boxes shall be mixed together. All envelopes that are not official envelopes shall be excluded by the district election commission. All ballot tickets put in any ballot box or mobile ballot box without an official envelope shall be also excluded. After that, all official envelopes shall be counted by the district election commission or special district election commission and their number compared with the figures recorded in excerpts from permanent and special lists.


(4) All ballot tickets shall be taken out of official envelopes by the district election commission or special district election commission. All invalid ballot tickets shall be excluded and the remaining valid ballot tickets divided into groups according to individual political parties, movements and coalitions. The votes given to individual political parties, movements and coalitions as well as all preferential votes given to individual candidates shall be counted.


(5) Each member of the district election commission or special district election commission is entitled to check ballot tickets. The chairperson of the district election commission or special district election commission shall monitor the process of counting.