(1) If ballots are counted at the Polling Station, after completion of the voting process and closure of the Polling Station, the Polling Station Committee shall start counting the votes.
(2) In the event that the counting is carried out by using election technologies that counts the ballots automatically, the automatic counting of results and transfer of voting results shall be conducted immediately after the Polling Station has been closed. Upon completion of said procedure, the Polling Station Committee shall carry out manual counting.
(3) The Polling Station Committee shall count first unused and spoiled ballots and put them into separate packages to be sealed.
(4) The Polling Station Committee shall then count separately, the number of voters who signed the excerpts from the Central Voters Register, the number of voters who signed the special form described in Article 5.18 of this law, and the total number of voters who appeared at the Polling Station to vote, and shall record this information on the appropriate forms. The Polling Station Committee shall then open ballot boxes one by one, and count the total number of tendered ballot envelopes, if applicable, and the total number of regular ballots contained in the ballot box. The Polling Station Committee shall then count the number of valid votes cast for each political party, coalition, list of independent candidates, independent candidate, and the number of votes for each candidate on a candidates’ list, and the number of invalid ballots.
(5) All members of the Polling Station Committee shall collectively, in the presence of each other, perform manual counting of voters, ballots, tendered ballot envelopes and votes referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Article and shall not be absent during the process of counting, except in justified cases as determined by the regulations issued by the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The process of manual counting shall stop during absence of a member of the Polling Station Committee.
