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Article 85
 

(1) The electoral authority shall then authenticate the course of the election and the local election results in a written report.

(2) The report shall at least contain:



the name of the place of election (community, political district, precinct, polling station, regional constituencies, provincial constituency) and the day of election;



the names of the present and absent members of the electoral authority and the persons of confidence according to § 15 al. 4;



the names of the present election witnesses;



the time of the beginning and end of the act of voting;



the number of the official ballots received and handed out to the voters;



the names of the electoral card voters, specially emphasising the electoral card voters of other regional constituencies;



the decisions of the electoral authority on the admission or rejection of voters for casting the ballot (§ 71);



other decisions of the electoral authority made in the course of the act of voting (e.g. suspension of the act of voting);



the ascertainment of the electoral authorities according to § 84 al. 3 and 4, whereas, in case invalid votes were found, the reason for invalidity shall be listed.



(3) To the report shall be attached:



the electoral list;



the ballot register;



the electoral cards of the electoral card voters;



the confirmation of receipt of the number of the official ballots received;



the invalid ballots, to be packed in separate envelopes with appropriate notes on it;



the valid ballots, to be packed in separate envelopes with appropriate notes on it each according to the list numbers of the parties, and within this sequence order according to ballots with and without preferential votes cast;



the official ballots not issued, to be packed also in separate envelopes with appropriate notes on it;



the voting envelopes cast by electoral card voters of other regional constituencies, in the specially marked and sealed envelope (§ 84 al. 3 second sentence), in case these have not already been separately forwarded to the provincial electoral authority according to § 89 al. 2.



(4) The report shall then be signed by the members of the electoral authority. If it is not signed by all members, the reasons for it shall be indicated.

(5) With this being done the act of voting shall be closed.

(6) The report together with its attachments constitutes the electoral files of the electoral authority.