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Section 72
 

(1) The record keeper draws up a record of the poll and of the determination and  establishment of the election result as shown in Annex 29. The record must be approved  and signed by the members of the Electoral Board. If a member of the Electoral Board  refuses to sign, the reason for the refusal must be noted in the election record. Decisions  taken on the basis of section 56 subsection (7), section 59, third sentence, and section 69 subsection (6) as well as decisions on issues arising during the poll or during the  determination and establishment of the election result must be noted in the election  record. The ballot papers on which specific decisions have been taken by the Electoral  Board pursuant to section 69 subsection (6), and the polling cards on which specific  decisions have been taken by the Electoral Board pursuant to section 59, third sentence,  must be attached to the election record.


(2) The Electoral Officer must hand over the election record together with its  accompanying documents to the municipal authority without delay.


(3) The municipal authority forwards the election records of its Electoral Boards together  with the accompanying documents to the Constituency Returning Officer by the quickest  means available. If the municipality consists of more than one polling district, it attaches  a summary table of the election results for the individual polling districts as shown in  Annex 30.


(4) Electoral Officers, municipal authorities and administrative authorities of the  districts as well as Constituency Returning Officers must ensure that the election records  and accompanying documents are not accessible to unauthorised persons.