In the event that the Provincial Electoral Boards are assigned to issue protocol according to laws on the elections, they combine election protocols sent by District Electoral Boards and issue their own provincial election protocol.

The content of the minute that states the result of the combination procedure is announced to the participants and the chairman of the Provincial Electoral Board posts a copy up on the door of the Provincial Electoral Board, which stays there for one week.

Within the district in which the counting, documentation and combination procedures of voting are performed, the Chairmen of Provincial Electoral Boards have the same authorities those are defined for the Chairmen of the Polling Station Committees according to the 82nd, 83rd and 84th Articles.