Acceptance and Verification of the Tally Sheets of the Section Election Commission and the Rest of the Election Stationery and Materials

(1) The regional election commission shall accept and check the tally sheets of the section election commissions.

(2) Upon acceptance of the tally sheet of the section election commission, the regional election commission shall check the serial number of the said tally sheet against the number of the tally sheet as entered in the memorandum of delivery and acceptance of the election stationery and materials referred to in Art. 215, Para.4 or in the memorandum referred to in Art. 274, Para. 2.

(3) Where the regional election commission detects any discrepancy between the serial numbers of the tally sheet received and delivered by the section election commission, the section election commission together with the regional election commission shall count the votes again after acceptance of the tally sheets of all section election commissions.

(4) The members of the section election commission referred to in Art. 285, Para. 1 shall trace the accuracy of the entry of the data from the tally sheet at the computation centre of the regional election commission.

(5) Where the regional election commission detects any apparent errors of fact in the tally sheet, the said errors shall be noted therein and shall be signed by the members of the section election commission referred to in Art. 285, Para. 1.

(6) Upon receipt of the tally sheet, the regional election commission shall issue a signed receipt which shall contain the numerical data from the tally sheet. Upon return to the area of the polling section, the members of the section election commission referred to in Art. 285, Para. 1 herein shall display the said receipt next to the photocopy of the tally sheet referred to in Art. 282, Para. 6.

(7) After acceptance of the tally sheet by the regional election commission, the ballot papers, the stub with the serial numbers, the copy of the tally sheet destined for the Municipal administration and the rest of the papers and materials shall be delivered by the members of the section election commission, referred to in Art. 285, para. 1, at the Municipal administration to a commission which composition shall be determined by an order of the Mayor of Municipality. Officials of the Municipal administration shall be included in the composition of the said commission.

(8) (Amend. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) The ballot papers, the copy of the tally sheet destined for the Municipal administration and the rest of the papers and materials shall be safe-kept until the next elections. The premises where the said papers and materials are safe-kept shall be designated by the mayor of the municipality and shall be sealed with paper tapes, stamped by a seal with a unique sign placed thereon and signed by the members of the commission. The standard design of the said seal, the safe-keeping of the ballot papers, the copy of the tally sheet destined for the Municipal administration and the rest of the papers and materials and the access to the premises shall be determined by decision of the Central Election Commission.