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Article 105
 

Minutes of electoral operations


1 - The secretary has the competence to draw up the minutes of the voting and counting operations.
2 - The minutes must include:
a) The electoral registration numbers and names of the members of the board of officers, and of the delegates for the lists;
b) The times at which voting opened and closed and the location of the polling station or section;
c) Any decisions which the board of officers took during the operations;
d) The total number of registered electors and the total number of voters;
e) The electoral registration numbers of the electors who voted early;
f) The number and name of electors for whom a duplicate of the receipt for a postal vote referred to in Article 79(11) has been received without the corresponding voting slip reaching the board of officers, or vice-versa;
g) The number of votes obtained by each list, the number of blank votes, and the number of null votes;
h) The number of voting slips that were the object of challenge or protest;
i) The counting discrepancies referred to in Article 101(3), if any, with a precise indication of the differences that were noted;
j) The number of challenges, protests and counter-protests attached to the minutes;
l) Any other occurrences the board of officers deems it necessary to mention.