Final count. Registration of corrections to the ballot papers
(1) The final count begins immediately after the provisional count has been concluded and all the votes have come in to the Electoral Committee. The final count shall be performed under the scrutiny of the Electoral Committee.
(2) The ballot papers from the provisional count shall be counted again. The Electoral Committee decides whether ballot papers that were not included in the provisional count and votes that the polling committees have placed under separate cover shall be approved. Approved ballot papers among these shall be counted together with the rest of the ballot papers.
(3) At the final count of ballot papers for municipal elections the Electoral Committee also registers any corrections electors have made on the ballot papers. Thereafter the Electoral Committee shall find the number of list votes polled by the individual lists. Each ballot paper counts for as many list votes as the number of members to be elected to the municipal council. The figure is corrected for list votes cast for and received from other lists.
(4) In the case of parliamentary elections and county elections the County Electoral Committees shall in connection with the determination of the election result register any corrections electors have made on the ballot papers. The number of votes cast for each list is found by counting how many ballot papers have been cast for each list, added together for all the municipal authority areas in the constituency.
Amended by Acts No. 4 of 10 January 2003 (commencement 1 February 2003 pursuant to Decree No. 3 of 10 January 2003),No. 46 of 20 June 2003 (commencement 1 July 2003 pursuant to Decree No. 715 of 20 June 2003), No. 39 of 15 June 2018.