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Article 40
 

Ballots must be completed and ready no later than seven days prior to election day and the presiding election board must then deliver, in a secure manner, to each subordinate election board as many ballots as there are electors on the register of electors in its polling section and extra ballots amounting to at least 10% of that number.

The ballots must be delivered in durable packaging, adequately sealed by the presiding election board so that the packaging cannot be opened and ballots obtained without the seal being broken.

The presiding election board must account for any ballots which are not delivered to subordinate election boards when the votes are counted.