• 1. By way of exception to Article Ea 7, paragraph 1, the Electoral Council and the Executive Council shall determine in consultation whether the polling station of the public body and the central polling station will use the results software to be made available by the Electoral Council in the determination referred to in Articles Na 26a and P 20a.

• 2. If the polling station of the public body and the central polling station do not use the results software in the determination referred to in the first paragraph, Chapter Ea and the articles in Chapters O and P that pertain to the use of the results software shall not apply.