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Article 11
 
Section 11
If the requirements set out in Section 10 are satisfied, the Election Committee shall continue examining the outer envelopes and check that they are sealed.
If the outer envelope is sealed, the Election Committee shall in its continued examination verify that the voter
– has on the outer envelope solemnly declared that the voter has himself or herself prepared the vote envelope and placed it in the outer envelope in the presence of two witnesses and that the envelopes have been prepared abroad or on board a vessel plying an international route,
– has written his or her name and civil registration number on the envelope, and
– has certified that the vote envelope was not prepared any earlier than as provided in Section 6.
The Election Committee shall also verify that two witnesses have certified in writing on the outer envelope that
– the voter himself or herself has placed the vote envelope in the outer envelope and sealed it,
– the voter himself or herself has signed the declaration on the outer envelope,
– the outer envelope has been prepared abroad or on board a vessel plying an international route, and
– the outer envelope has not been prepared any earlier than as provided in Section 6.