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Article 69
 

Determination of Election Results by the district election commission


(1) As soon as the time limit specified for the conclusion of voting ends, the chairperson of each district election commission shall have all remaining unused ballot tickets and official envelopes sealed. Next, all ballot boxes shall be opened.


(2) All official envelopes containing ballot tickets shall be taken out of individual ballot boxes by the 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 be also 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 also be excluded. After that, all official envelopes shall be counted by the district election commission and their number compared with the figures recorded in excerpts from permanent and special lists.


(3) After taking all ballot tickets out from official envelopes, district election commissions shall divide them into groups in accordance with individual candidates and count each of them.


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