• 1. The central electoral committee checks the results in the official reports of the municipal electoral committees.

• 2. If the mayor and aldermen have not decided that a central count of votes will take place during the election as referred to in Section N 1, the central electoral committee also checks the results in the official reports of the polling stations located within that municipality.

• 3. For the checks referred to in the first and second paragraphs, the central electoral committee uses an audit protocol to be drawn up by the Electoral Council. The Electoral Council shall publish this verification protocol for an election in the Government Gazette no later than the day of the nomination.

• 4. The central electoral committee shall also verify the accuracy of the results in the official reports and the digital file referred to in Article Na 32, paragraph 3, in response to reports referred to in Article P 1b.