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ARTICLE 198
 

Deadline for concluding the counting


In any event, the count must be concluded within the thirty days following polling day with respect to the presidency and vicepresidencies of the Republic and within the sixty days following polling day for other popularly elected positions.


If the assessment and counting cannot be carried out in a single work session, it shall be suspended to be continued in the immediately following sessions and this shall be recorded in the respective instrument. Nevertheless, once the examination of the documentation of an electoral bag has commenced, the task shall not be interrupted until the contents of the bag have been fully counted. The Tribunal shall give preference to the counting of the votes cast in the election for President in which exceptional effort must be invested, devoting the maximum possible number of working hours thereto. During vote counts, the substitutes for titular members of the Tribunal may work at times and on days when the former cannot be present for any reason, in order to extend working sessions as long as possible.