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Article 120
 

 (1) In the constituencies where the election procedure has not been cancelled, the precinct and community electoral authorities shall record in a report the names of electoral card voters listed in the voting list and the number of voting envelopes cast by electoral card voters, classified by constituencies where the voting envelopes had been issued. The voting envelopes of the electoral card voters shall remain unopened and be attached to the written report. Together with the voting list and the voting envelopes of the electoral card voters, the written report shall constitute the election records of the local electoral authority.

(2) The precinct electoral authorities located outside of Vienna as mentioned in al. 1 shall send the precinct election file to the community electoral authority. The respective community electoral authority shall separate the voting envelopes contained in the precinct election records and in its own election records, classify them by constituencies and authenticate in a written report the number of voting envelopes cast for each constituency. The voting envelopes shall then be sent unopened in a sealed envelope by registered express mail to the provincial electoral authority where the voting envelopes had been issued, accompanied by a letter stating the number of voting envelopes sent.

(3) The precinct electoral authorities of Vienna in which the election procedure has not been cancelled shall send the voting envelopes of electoral card voters in a sealed envelope to the respective provincial electoral authorities according to al. 2. The envelopes to be sent to the Vienna provincial electoral authority shall be addressed to the City of Vienna "Magistrat", to the other provincial electoral authorities by registered express mail.

(4) The above provisions shall apply only in such cases when electoral card voters have cast their vote at one of the local electoral authorities stated in al. 1 through 3. If for the complete duration of the opening hours no ballot envelope has been cast by electoral card voters, this fact shall be recorded in a written report.

(5) Voting envelopes by electoral card voters resident abroad shall be handled at the provincial electoral authorities by applying § 96 al. 1 accordingly.

(6) The provincial electoral authorities where the election procedure has been cancelled shall at first officially authenticate in a written report the number of voting envelopes received by the local electoral authorities from electoral card voters resident in other constituencies, classified by constituencies where the respective voting envelopes had been issued. The voting envelopes of such electoral card voters shall the be sent unopened in a sealed envelope by the fastest means of transportation to the provincial electoral authority where the respective voting envelopes had been issued, accompanied by a letter stating the number of voting envelopes attached.