Accounting for ballot papers in a polling district

1. A polling district electoral committee shall count the ballot papers in the presence of at least three-fifths of all the members of the committee in question. All persons present in the polling station shall be familiarised with the procedure for counting ballot papers.

2. The number of voters of the polling district shall be determined according to the electoral roll of that polling district. The number of the voters who have been issued with ballot papers shall be determined according to the voters' signatures in the electoral roll of the polling district confirming the receipt of the ballot papers.

3. The number of ballot papers issued to the voters shall be determined on the basis of the voters’ signatures on the electoral roll of the polling station as well as on the basis of the arrival cards.

4. It shall be determined how many ballot papers have been received by each member of the polling district electoral committee and how many out of them have been used, by determining the number of ballot papers issued by each member of the polling district electoral committee to the voters, the number of ballot papers spoilt by the voters and returned for replacement ballot papers, as well as the number of unused ballot papers.

5. The polling district electoral committee shall count the unused and spoilt ballot papers, cancel them by cutting off the upper right corner, put them into the designated packets assigned for this purpose and seal these packets.

6. The number of unused and spoilt ballot papers, missing ballot papers, and surplus of the found ballot papers shall be entered in the vote counting record of the polling district. The records shall be accompanied by explanations of any discrepancy between the numbers of ballot papers, if any discrepancy is detected between the numbers of ballot papers.