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Article 63
 

Inspecting the advance polling documents The advance polling documents that have arrived at the central election committee of the municipality are inspected without opening the ballot envelopes in meetings which are to be held so that the advance polling documents that have arrived before 7 p.m. on the Friday prior to the polling day can be dealt with in these meetings. Covering envelopes that arrive after the time stipulated are to be left unopened and disregarded.   A vote must be disregarded if: the person who has voted in advance has not been accepted in the voting register; the envelope for the ballot paper has a mark regarding a voter or a candidate or one that is otherwise unauthorised; the covering letter is so deficient or unclear that it is not possible to be certain that the voting has taken place according to law, or of who the voter is, or; in an at-home voting the signature referred in section 54 is missing from the covering letter.   Disregard of a vote must be marked in a record that is kept of the meeting, and the disregarded ballot envelope with its covering letter and envelope must be attached to the record.   If a covering letter with no proof of receipt of the covering letter, and a ballot envelope attached to it can be accepted, a mark must be made on the voting register that the voter mentioned in the covering letter has used his or her right to vote. If the acceptance takes place later than 7 p.m. on the 4th day before the polling day, the vote of the person mentioned in the covering letter is also marked in the electoral roll in a manner determined by the Ministry of Justice. If the central election committee of the municipality has on special grounds according to section 71(3) received the printed electoral rolls of the voting register directly after it has become legally binding, only the electoral roll is to be marked.   After the advance voting documents have been inspected, the central election committee of the municipality must sort the accepted ballot envelopes by voting districts, count the ballot envelopes according to voting districts, and mark the figures in the register. The accepted ballot paper envelopes, sorted by voting districts and separated from the covering letters, are to be kept unopened in a safe place.