The presiding officer shall place a mark in the electoral register against the names of voters who cast their votes at that presiding officer’s station, cf. paragraph 1 of Article 74. Any presiding officer who does not have access to an electronic electoral register shall record in a separate register the names of the voters who cast their ballots at that presiding officer’s station, the domicile address and personal identification number (kennitala) of the voter and the day on which the ballot proceeding took place.
A postal ballot left by a voter with a presiding officer, cf. paragraph 1 of Article 76, shall be numbered and recorded by the presiding officer in the electoral register in continuous numerical sequence. A postal ballot received by the presiding officer shall be recorded in the electoral register and numbered by the presiding officer, identifying the voter from whom it is and when and by whom it was delivered. Such postal ballots shall be kept in the ballot box.
A voter may at all times request any person who keeps that voter’s postal ballot, if it is not kept in a sealed ballot box, to return it to the voter up until the time that the ballot has been accepted for processing by the electoral commission, cf. paragraph 1 of Article 93.
The presiding officer shall send the ballot box, together with a printout from the electoral register and, where applicable, a register pursuant to the second sentence of paragraph 1, to the appropriate electoral commission in good time so that the ballot box will have reached the electoral commission no later than when the polling session closes.
List agents may familiarise themselves with the logs and markings made by presiding officers in electoral registers, referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, at the presiding officer’s station. Copying, photographing and transmitting information from a presiding officer’s logs and registers is prohibited.
A regulation issued by the Minister after receiving the proposals of the National Electoral Commission may further provide for the arrangement of record-taking by presiding officers and the transmission thereof to an electoral commission under paragraph 4.
