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Article 35
 

(1) Upon completion of voting, the polling board shall proceed to the establishment of the voting results at the polling station.


(2) The polling board shall establish the number of unused ballot papers and put them in a specially sealed envelope, with an indication that it contains unused ballot papers.


(3) On the basis of the excerpt from the electoral roll, the polling board shall establish the total number of voters that have turned out for the vote.


(4) When the ballot box is opened, the control sheet shall be checked and valid ballot papers shall be separated from invalid ones.


(5) The polling board shall establish the number of invalid ballot papers and enter it in the minutes and seal the invalid ballot papers in a special envelope with an indication that it contains invalid ballot papers and then it shall establish the number of valid ballot papers and the number of votes won by each electoral list, which shall also be entered in the minutes.


(6) Valid ballot papers shall be placed in a specially sealed envelope with an indication that it contains valid ballots papers.


(7) An invalid ballot paper shall be deemed to be a ballot paper that is not filled in, the ballot paper filled out in a manner not allowing to determine for which electoral list the vote has been cast, and the ballot paper on which more than one electoral list has been circled.


(8) If the full name of the first candidate in an electoral list is encircled or the name of the electoral list or a part of the title is encircled, or if both the serial number and the electoral list name and the full name of the first candidate are encircled, such a ballot paper shall be deemed valid.


(9) If established that the number of ballot papers in the ballot box exceeds the number of voters that have voted or if the control sheet is not found in the ballot box, the polling board shall be dismissed and a new one shall be appointed, while the vote at the polling station shall be repeated.