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Article 10
 
Section 10
The Election Committee shall examine the window envelopes and their contents at the Election Committee’s meeting for preliminary counting of votes pursuant to Chapter 17 of the Elections Act
(1997:157).
When the Election Committee has done what is provided in Chapter 17 Sections 3-7 of the Elections Act (1997:157), the Committee shall examine the window envelopes for mail votes. The Committee shall in that examination do the following.
1. Count the number of window envelopes and note this in the minutes.
2. Examine the window envelopes. The Election Committee shall in this examination verify that the window envelopes
– have not been opened after having been sealed,
– have been sent by mail from abroad or from vessels plying international routes, and
– have been received by the Central Election Authority no later than the day after the voting day.
3. Open the window envelopes that meet the requirements in 2, extract the outer envelopes and verify that the voters
– are entitled to vote in the municipality,
– have not voted at the polling station during the voting day,
– have not submitted any window envelope in accordance with Chapter 8 Section 3 Sub-section 3 of the Elections Act (1997:157),
and
– have not submitted more than one outer envelope for mail votes.