Spoiled ballot papers

1. If the ballot paper, or at least one of the ballot papers, is marked outside the voting booth, the voter shall not be permitted to deposit the ballot paper(s) in the box. The VCC Chair shall take this ballot paper, write “SPOILED” on its back and place it in the envelope “SPOILED BALLOT PAPERS”. In this case, the voter shall be provided with another ballot paper of the same type and the case shall be recorded in the VCC Meeting Record Book. If the voter marks the ballot paper outside the voting booth again, the second ballot paper shall also be placed in the envelope “SPOILED BALLOT PAPERS” and the voter shall not be given another ballot paper. 

2. If a voter marks or damages a ballot paper accidentally and requests a second ballot paper, the ballot paper shall be considered spoiled and shall be placed into the envelope “SPOILED BALLOT PAPERS”, and the voter shall be given a second ballot paper. The case shall be recorded in the VCC Meeting Record Book. If the voter again marks or damages the second ballot paper accidentally, the second ballot paper shall also be placed in the envelope “SPOILED BALLOT PAPERS” and the voter shall not be given another ballot paper.

3. Under no circumstances shall the spoiled ballot papers be placed into the ballot box.