Counting votes

1 - One of the scrutineers shall unfold the slips one by one, and shall announce out loud which list has been voted for. The other scrutineer shall separately record on a blank sheet of paper or preferably on a clearly visible board, the votes attributed to each list, any blank votes, and any null votes.
2 - At the same time the presiding officer shall examine and display the voting slips and, with the help of one of the other officers, shall group them into separate batches corresponding to each of the lists that have received votes, blank votes, and null votes.
3 - Once these operations have ended, the presiding officer shall counter-check the counting by counting the slips in each of the separate batches.
4 - Delegates for lists have the right to subsequently examine the separate batches of voting slips, without altering their composition, and in cases in which they have doubts or objections in relation to the counting or the way in which the vote from any slip has been classified, they have the right to ask for clarifications or to lodge challenges or protests before the presiding officer.
5 - If the board of officers does not comply with a challenge or protest, the voting slips that are its object shall be separated, a note shall be made on the back of each one indicating the classification attributed by the board and the object of the challenge or protest, and they shall be initialled by the presiding officer and, if he so wishes, by the delegate for the list.
6 - Challenges or protests that are not complied with shall not prevent the voting slip from being counted for partial counting purposes.
7 - The count conducted in the above manner shall immediately be published by means of a public notice affixed to the main door of the polling station or section building, to include a breakdown of the number of votes for each list, the number of blank votes, and the number of null votes.