(1) A ballot paper cast at the polling station is invalid if-

(i) it is blank;

(ii) the voter’s vote on the ballot paper has not been marked with a cross, see the second sentence of section 48(1) of the Folketing (Parliamentary) Elections Act, or other such marking;

(iii) it cannot be definitely decided which of the list of candidates the voter intended to vote for;

(iv) the ballot paper must be assumed not to have been handed out at the polling station; or

(v) the ballot paper has been given a special mark of identification.

(2) An advance ballot paper is invalid if-

(i) it is blank;

(ii) it cannot be definitely decided which of the candidates or which list of candidates the voter intended to vote for;

(iii) an envelope contains something else or more than one ballot paper;

(iv) the ballot paper is assumed not to have been procured by the Minister for the Interior and Health; or

(v) the ballot paper has been given a special mark of identification.

(3) Following presentation to the Parliamentary Election Scrutiny Committee, the Minister for the Interior and Health may lay down detailed rules for assessment of ballot papers, including advance ballot papers.