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Section 61
 

Election authorities' duties at the end of advance voting 


The election official or the chairperson of the electoral commission shall sign an attestation on the covering letter stating that the voting has been conducted as provided by law, and if no marking referred to in section 60, subsection 2 is made on the covering letter, also enter the date and the name of the advance polling station or, if advance voting has been conducted in an institution or as at-home voting, the name of the municipality where the voting has been conducted. The election official for at-home voting shall also ensure that the person present in at-home voting as referred to in section 54 signs the covering letter. Thereafter, the ballot envelope and the covering letter shall be enclosed in the covering envelope. The election official and the electoral commission shall store the covering envelopes in their possession in a careful and reliable manner.