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

(i) it is blank;

(ii) the voter’s vote has not been marked with a cross in the ballot paper, cf. the second sentence of section 54(1), or other such marking;

(iii) it cannot be definitely decided which list of candidates the voter intended to favour with his or her vote;

(iv) the ballot paper is 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 shall be invalid if-

(i) it is blank;

(ii) it cannot be definitely decided which list of candidates the voter intended to favour with his or her vote;

(iii) the ballot paper carries only the name of a person who does not appear on any list of candidates in the appropriate local or regional elections, respectively;

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

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

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

(3) The polling supervisors shall record in the appropriate poll book how many ballot papers they considered invalid and the reasons for their judgment.

(4) The Minister for the Interior and Health may lay down detailed rules for assessment of ballot papers, including advance ballot papers.