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Article 102
 

Ballots taken into account and disregarded (1)


(Amended by Article 22 of Law 5980, 8 April 2010)


Even in cases where parts of a joint ballot have been erased or printed wrongly, ballots that are clearly understood to bear a ‘YES’ seal in favour of a political party or independent candidate shall be taken into account.


In cases where the envelope has any fliers, brochures, papers or materials bearing special signs, writings or shapes, none of the ballots inside that envelope shall be taken into account.


In elections where a single ballot is placed in a single envelope, if a second ballot is found in the envelope belonging to the same election type or another election type, none of the ballots inside that envelope shall be taken into account.


In elections where more than one ballot is placed in the same envelope, if more than one ballot is found inside the envelope belonging to the same election type, the ballots pertaining to that specific election type shall not be taken into account whereas the other ballots shall be deemed taken into account.
In elections where more than one ballot is placed in a single envelope, if a ballot belonging to another election type is found in that envelope reserved for a specific election type, none of the ballots inside that envelope shall be taken into account.


In elections where more than one ballot is placed in a single envelope, even if one or more ballots are missing in the envelope dedicated to those election types, the remaining ballots in the envelope shall be taken into account.


(1) The former heading of this article ‘The name to be written on the ballot’ has been amended by Article 22 of Law 5980 dated 8 April 2010 to read as seen in the current text.