After the counting of votes and the completion of the vote counting report, all valid and invalid ballot papers together with ballot envelopes, unused sealed and invalid ballot envelopes and one copy of the vote counting report of the polling station commission shall be packaged and sealed. The authorised observers present also have the right to affix their own stamps or put their signatures on the package if no ballot boxes and numbered seals are used for sealing. A reference thereto shall be made in the election procedure log. Afterwards the polling station commission shall send the election materials to the Central Election Commission in accordance with the procedures specified by the Central Election Commission.

[30 May 2002; 9 March 2006; 26 February 2009; 6 February 2014; 18 January 2018]