Tabulation of votes at the voting station shall be performed by the division referendum commission.
After the Chairperson's announcement of completion of the voting, the division referendum commission shall open ballot boxes, as well as closed envelopes handed over to the commission by the citizens, who changed the place of their residence. The opening of ballot boxes and envelopes before the completion of the voting is prohibited. Before ballot boxes and envelopes shall be opened, the division referendum commission cancels and counts all unused ballots.
The division referendum commission on the basis of the list of citizens, who have the right to participate in the referendum, shall calculate the general number of citizens, as well as the number of citizens who received ballots. On the basis of ballots in the ballot boxes and in closed envelopes the commission shall determine the general number of citizens who participated in the referendum; the number of citizens who voted "for" the draft of the law or resolution submitted to the referendum, and the number of citizens, who voted against and the number of void ballots.
Ballots which are unidentified, as well as those where the intent of the voter is not clear are deemed void. Any doubts as to the authenticity of the ballot shall be resolved by a vote of the division referendum commission.
The division referendum commission shall review at its session the results of the tabulation of the votes which are entered into the minutes of the session. If two or more referenda were conducted simultaneously, minutes shall be compiled separately for each of them. The minutes shall be signed by the Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, Secretary and members of the commission and shall be sent immediately to the appropriate rayon, city, city rayon, settlement and village commission on the referendum.
