• 1. If there is a serious suspicion that one or more municipal polling stations or postal voting stations have made such errors in the counting of votes that these could influence the distribution of seats, the central electoral committee may, at the meeting referred to in Article P 20, before the election results are announced, either ex officio or in response to a substantiated request from one or more persons, decide to conduct a new counting of ballots, either from all or from one or more polling stations or postal voting stations.

• 2. A new counting of votes as referred to in the first paragraph shall be carried out publicly, under the mandate and authorization of the central electoral committee, by the municipal polling station or postal voting station that previously counted the votes.

• 3. The mayor or the representative of the Netherlands in Aruba, Sint Maarten, or Curaçao shall designate one or more suitable locations for the new vote count and the determination and announcement of the results of this count. Furthermore, the day and time for the new vote count to begin shall be determined. The Any information on this matter will be made publicly available electronically and without delay.

• 4. If the new count is carried out by a municipal polling station, Articles P 1e, paragraphs three through seven, P 1f, and P 1g apply accordingly.

• 5. If the new count is carried out by a postal polling station, Article P 1i, paragraphs two through four, apply accordingly.

• 6. If a new count takes place during a combined vote as referred to in Article J 6 or J 6a of the Electoral Act, this count will also take place in the presence of the central polling station for the other election. The central polling station that is also present at the new count will report this to the representative body for which it determines or has determined the election results.

• 7. Further rules regarding the new count may be established by order in council.