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Article 79
 

A ballot shall not be deemed invalid despite being flawed if it is clear how the vote is cast, unless it clearly violates the above-mentioned provision. Thus a vote shall be valid even if the mark is not in front of the letter but, for example, behind it, even if the cross is misshapen, even if the word "list" unnecessarily accompanies a list letter on an absentee ballot, even if the name of a political organisation is marked instead of the letter of a list, etc.

A list shall be deemed to have received a vote even if there is no mark by the letter of the list if a name or names on it have been numbered or a cross placed by a name, provided there are no other flaws to it.

In unrestricted elections a vote shall not be deemed invalid even if a person's first name or last name are missing if it is nonetheless clear to whom it refers.