Compliance of the ballot box

The polling board, in the presence of the first voter to arrive at the polling station, shall determine whether the ballot box is compliant and empty, and enter its finding in the control list.

The control list shall be signed by the first voter to arrive at the polling station and at least one member of the polling board.

The polling board, in the presence of the first voter to arrive at the polling station, shall insert the completed and signed control list into the ballot box, which shall then be sealed.

Compliance of the ballot box may not be checked in the presence of a voter who, upon a UV lamp check, was found to have voted at another polling station, who does not have a valid public identity document, who is not registered in the electoral roll, or who is a member of the polling board at that polling station.