§ 1. Following the execution of the obligation referred to in Article 70 above, the chairman of the precinct election commission for determining the results shall open the ballot box. The commission shall count the ballot papers contained in the ballot box and determine the number of valid and invalid ballot papers and, appropriately to carried elections, the number of valid votes cast for individual candidates or for individual lists of candidates and each candidate from these lists, as well as the number of invalid votes.

§1a. All activities of the precinct election commission for determining the results are carried out jointly by at least 2/3 committee members, including the chairman or his deputy.

§ 2. Ballot papers torn completely into two or more pieces shall not be included in the count referred to in § 1.

§ 3. Should the number of ballot papers taken from the ballot box exceed the number of ballot papers delivered, the commission shall indicate the probable cause of such discrepancy.