(1) The clerk shall draw up a record of the poll and of the establishment and declaration of the election result in accordance with the specimen at Annex 29. The record is to be approved and signed by the members of the Electoral Board. If a member of the Electoral Board refuses to sign, the reason for refusal shall be minuted in the election record. Decisions taken pursuant to Article 56 (7), Article 59, sentence 3 and Article 69 (6) as well as decisions on occurrences during the poll or during the establishment and declaration of the election result shall be minuted in the election record. Appended to the election record shall be
the ballot papers and voting envelopes on which special decisions have been taken by the Electoral Board pursuant to Article 69 (6), as well as
the polling cards on which special decisions have been taken by the Electoral Board pursuant to Article 59, sentence 3.
(2) The Electoral Officer must hand over the election record with its annexes to the local authority of the commune immediately.
(3) The local authority shall forward the election records of its Electoral Boards to the District Returning Officer by the quickest means. If the commune consists of more than one polling district, it shall append a compilation of the election results for the various polling districts in accordance with the specimen at Annex 30.
(4) Electoral Officers, local authorities and administrative authorities of the districts as well as District Returning Officers must ensure that the election records and their annexes are not accessible to unauthorized persons.
