Minutes and report of the Precinct Electoral Bureau

(1) The Precinct Electoral Bureau shall draw up a minute in three copies, containing:

a) the number of voters included on the basic Voters’ Lists;

b) the number of voters included on the supplementary Voters’ Lists;

c) the number of voters who received ballot papers;

d) the number of voters who voted;

e) the difference between the number of ballot papers received by the voters and the number of voters who voted;

f) the number of ballot papers declared invalid;

g) the number of votes cast per electoral competitor (for each option on which the voters have to express their opinion within the Referendum);

h) the total number of valid casted votes;

i) the number of ballot papers received by the Precinct Electoral Bureau;

j) the number of unused and cancelled ballot papers, as well as those filled in incorrectly and cancelled.

(2) The model and procedure for filling in the minutes on the votes counting results by the Precinct Electoral Bureau shall be established by the Central Electoral Commission, for all types of elections.

(3) The votes counting results shall be considered in a deliberative meeting of the Precinct Electoral Bureau and shall be recorded in minutes, which shall be signed by all the members of the Precinct Electoral Bureau. The member of the Precinct Electoral Bureau is not entitled to refuse to sign the minutes and, if he/she disagrees with the content of the minutes, he/she may express in writing his/her separate opinion that shall be attached to the minutes. The refusal by the member of the Precinct Electoral Bureau to sign the minutes on the votes counting results has no influence on the validity of the document. The refusal by the member of the Precinct Electoral Bureau and the other reasons for the absence of the signature shall be mentioned in the Precinct Electoral Bureau’s report.

(4) The minutes on the votes counting results shall be drawn up in the presence of the members of the Precinct Electoral Bureau, representatives of the electoral competi­tors/participants in the referendum and other authorised persons. A copy of the minutes shall be kept at the Precinct Electoral Bureau, one shall be presented to the District Elec­toral Council and one shall be posted immediately at the entry into the polling station. The copies of the minutes on the votes counting the results, authenticated by the Chair­person of the Precinct Electoral Bureau, must be handed to the persons authorized to assist to the electoral operations.

(5) The Chairperson of the Precinct Electoral Bureau shall ensure that the Bureau’s report is filled in on the basis of written records on the activities performed by the bu­reau during the electoral period. The report shall include a summary of requests and complaints on the Precinct Electoral Bureaus activity as well as the decisions taken by the bureau on those complaints. The Chairperson shall sign the report and offer the other members the possibility to provide written comments and completion on it and to sign it.

(6) The Chairperson of the Precinct Electoral Bureau shall hand over to the District Electoral Council, as soon as possible, but no later than 18 hours after the announce­ment of polling station closure, the ballot papers, Voters’ Lists, stamps and other electoral documents (materials), according to the procedure established by the Central Electoral Commission. The security and integrity of electoral documents (materials) in the process of transportation to the District Electoral Council shall be ensured by the Chairperson of the Precinct Electoral Bureau, two members of the bureau and representatives of police.

(7) Minutes drawn up by the Precinct Electoral Bureaus from abroad, together with all requests on the electoral procedures performed by the Precinct Electoral Bureau, shall be sent, by electronic means, to the District Electoral Council no later than 24 hours after the closure of the polling stations. The accuracy of the data from those minutes shall be confirmed by telephone and, in case of sufficiently proven inconsistencies and shortcom­ings, they are being corrected by the respective District Electoral Council.