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Article 87
 

Processing Unused Ballot Papers and Control slips

 

1.    Members of a polling station commission, except for a commission Head, Deputy Head or another commission member who keeps the protocol of a commission meeting as well as Commission Secretary who enters the information into the protocol on counting of votes at a polling station are forbidden from using pens or any other writing tools from the moment they commence their work with ballot papers.

 

2.    Polling station commission members who received ballot papers pursuant to paragraph 9, Article 82 of this Law shall in turn count aloud the unused ballot papers that they still have.

 

3.    The total number of ballot papers given out to voters by the individual member of the polling station commission (established on the basis of voters’ signatures on the corresponding pages of the lists of voters pursuant to clause 2, paragraph 1, Article 86 of this Law) and the number of unused ballot papers that this commission member still has must equal the number of ballot papers received by a commission member in accordance to the Register of Ballot Papers mentioned under paragraph 9, Article 82 of this Law. In the event that these numbers coincide, a commission member shall pass the counted unused ballot papers to the head of a polling station commission. A commission head shall put down the number of unused ballot papers returned by a commission member in the Register of Ballot Papers.

 

4.    In the event that the numbers stipulated by paragraph 3 of this Article do not coincide, a polling station commission shall draw up an act stating a possible reason of such discrepancy, pursuant to the procedure set forth in paragraph 8, Article 35 of this Law.

 

5.    The head of a polling station commission shall sum up the number of the unused ballot papers and announce the result. The announced number shall be put down by the secretary of a polling station commission in the protocol on counting of votes at a polling station.

 

6.    In case of such need or upon the request from members of a polling station commission, unused ballot papers can be re-counted. The ballot papers counting shall be conducted in the order stipulated by paragraph 12 of Article 80 of this Law.

 

7.    Unused ballot papers shall be cancelled by means of cutting off the right bottom corner of the ballot paper. The cancelled unused ballot papers together with ballot papers mentioned under paragraph 11, Article 83 of this Law shall be packed according to the procedure stipulated by paragraph 10, Article 86 of this Law. The package shall bear an inscription reading “Unused Ballot Papers”.

 

8.    Members of the polling station commission who issued ballot papers to the voters shall in turn count aloud the control slips of the issued ballot papers. A commission member shall pass the counted control slips to the head of a polling station commission. The head of a polling station commission shall put down the number of control slips established by each commission member on the Register of Ballot Papers.

 

9.    A commission head shall sum up the total number of control slips of the issued ballot papers and state it aloud.

 

10.  A polling station commission shall check whether the general number of control slips of the issued ballot papers mentioned under paragraph 9 of this Article equals the sum of numbers mentioned under paragraphs 6 and 7 (for polling stations where voting with absentee certificates was conducted – also under paragraph 8) Article 86 of this Law.

 

11.  In case of such need or upon the request from members of a polling station commission, control slips of the issued ballot papers can be re-counted. The control slips counting shall be conducted in the order stipulated by paragraph 12 of Article 80 of this Law.

 

12.  In the event that the numbers mentioned in paragraph 10 of this Article coincide, a commission head shall promulgate them as the number of voters who received ballot papers at a polling station. A commission secretary shall enter them into the protocol on counting of votes at the polling station.

 

13.  In the event that the numbers mentioned under paragraph 10 of this Article do not coincide, a polling station commission shall draw up an act pursuant to the procedure set forth in paragraph 8, Article 35 of this Law. After that, the election commission shall pass a decision on establishing the number of voters who received ballot papers. This number shall be promulgated and entered into the protocol on counting of votes at a polling station.

 

14.  Control slips of the issued ballot papers shall be packed following the procedure set forth in paragraph 10, Article 86 of this Law. The package shall bear an inscription reading “Control slips”.

 

15.  A polling station commission shall check whether the number of ballot papers received by a polling station commission equals the sum of the number of unused ballot papers and the number of voters who received ballot papers. In the event that these numbers do not coincide, a polling station commission shall draw up an act pursuant to the procedure set forth in paragraph 8, Article 35 of this Law stating the reason of such discrepancy established by a commission’s decision.