(1) Prior to the opening of the ballot box, all unused ballot papers are removed from the  polling table. First, the number of marks in the electoral register indicating that the vote  has been cast and the number of polling cards collected are determined. Then the ballot  papers are removed from the ballot box, unfolded and counted. If there is a discrepancy  even after repeated counting, this must be noted and an explanation given, if possible, in  the election record.

(2) If it is established in accordance with subsection (1), second sentence, that fewer  than 30 voters have cast their votes, the Constituency Returning Officer requires the  Electoral Board of this polling district, the delivering Electoral Board, to hand over without  delay the locked ballot box or the ballot papers in a securely closed and officially sealed  envelope, the electoral register, the certificate of closure and the polling cards collected  to the Electoral Board of another specified polling district of the same constituency, the  receiving Electoral Board, for the purpose of determining and establishing the election  result jointly. A notice stating where the election result will be determined and established  jointly must be displayed at the polling station of the delivering Electoral Board. The  objects to be handed over as required by the first sentence are transported in the presence  of the Electoral Officer and the record keeper, another member of the Electoral Board and,  where possible, other people who are present in accordance with section 54. The receiving  Electoral Board proceeds as specified in section 61 subsection (6), seventh and eighth  sentences. The handover of the ballot box and the electoral documents must be noted in  the election records of the delivering and the receiving Electoral Boards.