Signing of vote counting records and the annexes thereto

1. All the data referred to in Article 159 shall be entered in the single-member constituency vote counting record of a polling district and in the first part of the multi-member constituency vote counting record. Consequently, all the counted ballot papers shall be put into stamped packets and into a special envelope(s) which shall be sealed and stored securely. The vote counting record of the polling district, or a part thereof, shall be signed by the chair and members of the polling district electoral committee first, followed by the signing of the election observers. }

2. The second part of the multi-member constituency vote counting record of the polling district shall include all the data specified in Article 159. All the counted ballot papers shall be put into stamped packets. This part of the vote counting record shall be signed by the chair and members of the polling district electoral committee first, followed by the signing of the election observers.

3. Remarks of the election observers and separate opinions of the members of the polling district electoral committee (if any) shall be appended to the vote counting record or its first or second part and shall constitute an integral part thereof.

4. Extracts or copies of the vote counting record shall be provided to the election observers and the electoral committee members on request.