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Article 37
 
Section 37
Counting of votes at the ward election commission
 
(1) (1) Upon closing of the voting, the chief of the ward election commission shall cause the unused ballot papers and envelopes to be sealed, and afterwards he shall get the ballot box opened. If the ward election commission has, on a specific request by some electors, used also a portable ballot box, upon opening them both the commission shall mix their contents together .
 
(2) (2) The ward election commission shall take out the envelopes containing ballot papers from the ballot box, count the envelopes and compare the number of envelopes with the number of entries on the electoral register. The commission shall reject unofficial envelopes.
 
(3) (3) Upon taking out the ballot papers from envelopes, the ward election commission shall sort out the ballot papers designated for an election to the Municipal (City) Council and those designated for an election of the Mayor of the municipality. Afterwards the commission shall establish the number of valid votes cast for each candidate. If an elector has given his vote for a political party, it means that each candidate of that party has obtained a vote. The commission shall enter the results  into its minutes on voting.
 
(4) (4) Each member of the ward election commission can look into  ballot papers. The chief of the ward election commission shall check the correctness of the counting of votes.