1. The procedures of counting of the ballots shall be governed by the following objectives:
accuracy, transparency, efficiency, capability for recount and repeat elections, and protection of
the secrecy of the vote.

2. Regular ballots cast at Polling Stations within Kosovo will be counted at those Polling Stations
immediately after the close of voting.

3. For the elections for the Assembly of Kosovo and the municipal assemblies, the counting
of votes for political entities is done at the polling stations after the end of the voting and the
relevant forms are filled out. Meanwhile, votes for candidates of political subjects are counted
in municipal centres for counting ballot papers for candidates. Votes for mayoral candidates are
counted at the polling station, immediately after the polls close.

4. Each municipality will have a municipal vote counting centre, in which the ballot boxes and
election materials will be accepted, the votes for the candidates will be counted and evaluated,
and the result forms will be filled out candidates for each polling station.

5. Municipal counting centres are set in large halls or sports gymnasiums. Vote counting places
for candidates are made available to MECs, no later than ten (10) days before the election date.
The MEC, not later than five (5) days before the date of the elections, invites political subjects,
observers and members of the MEC to visit and familiarize themselves with the place where
the votes are counted for the candidates. Counting is done providing full transparency. In the
selection of the country, the CEC also takes into account the possibility of applying supporting
technology for counting votes.

6. Before the opening of the municipal vote counting centres, the CEC prepares the necessary
logistical infrastructure of the counting site in order to start and run the process of counting the
votes of the candidates.

7. The CEC sets up work tables for each counting group, ensuring that they have enough space
to carry out the vote counting process. The tables are placed in such a way that they are visible
to MEC members, observers, candidates and media representatives.

8. Observers stand in front of the counting groups, at a convenient distance from the work
tables. Observers may not have physical contact with the voting materials. The tables of the
counting groups and the seat of the MEC members must be in the same room where the
vote counting process is carried out. The counting teams will reflect the composition of the
KVVs. The organizational scheme of operation and the number of counting tables for each vote
counting place are determined by CEC rules.

9. The necessary logistical equipment for the vote counting process is provided by the CEC, in
cooperation with other central or local bodies.

10. The CEC shall determine, through sub-legal acts, the criteria for the number of counting
groups for each vote counting place, the way of organizing the work, the division of tasks
between members of the counting group and the rules for the sequence of actions. The counting
groups are appointed by the CEC, based on the nominations of the political parties and giving
priority to the members of the voting committees who served on the election day. In cases when
the political entity does not nominate members for counting, or nominates insufficiently, or when
the counting staff of the political entities do not appear at the counting place, the CEC appoints
counting staff from its staff.

11. The work in the MCC is directed by the MEC. The manager of the MCC is the leader of the
MEC. The CEC recruits staff to support the work of the CEC and counting teams.

12. The MEC approves a counting schedule at the municipal counting centre for each polling
station, for both observation and counting purposes. Counting begins the morning of the next
day, after election day.

13. The data and results for each polling station are sent for tabulation to the CRC, immediately
after the end of the work of each shift. Copies of the result forms are scanned, published and
placed in places accessible to observers, as well as provided to political entities and candidates,
upon request.

14. The counting procedures are regulated by the special rules of the CEC.

15. After the completion of all the procedures of counting the votes of the candidates, the
materials are submitted to the CRC.

16. After finishing the counting of votes for the candidates and the entry of data and results in the
CRC, as well as after the end of the period for appeals, the CEC shall announce the final results.

17. The CEC shall be obliged to guarantee a full transparency of counting the votes at MCC
and CRC, including the opportunity of using the technology in monitoring, reading and scanning
of materials.