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Article 85
 

Invalidation of a ballot paper A ballot paper is invalid, if the ballot envelope contains something else or more than one ballot paper; the ballot envelope has a mark regarding a voter or a candidate or one that is otherwise unauthorised;  something other than a ballot paper printed by the Ministry of Justice has been used as the ballot paper; the ballot paper has not been stamped; the candidate's number has been written so that it is not absolutely certain for whom the vote was cast;  the elector's name or distinctive identification or some other inappropriate marking has been made on the ballot paper;  the ballot paper has, in parliamentary elections, been used to vote for a candidate who has been nominated as candidate in two or more electoral districts. A marking made in the ballot paper that only clarifies which candidate the voter has intended to vote for shall not be considered inappropriate.