(1) On the day following the second election day at an open meeting of the polling commission and according to the procedure prescribed by the Central Election Commission the polling commission shall:
1) re-count the valid and the invalid ballot papers. The valid ballot papers shall be classified according to the numbers assigned to the lists of candidates;
2) re-count the ballot papers cast per list of candidates;
3) divide the ballots cast per list of candidates into two groups: the altered and the unaltered ballot papers. The altered ballot papers are those bearing the 1+? mark or a crossed-out first or last name of a candidate. All the other ballot papers shall be regarded as unaltered;
(2) all the votes cast for the same candidate are summarized according to the following features:
a) a "+" sign against the name of the candidate;
b) the first or last name of the candidate has been crossed out.
(3) The final count of votes shall be recorded by the polling commission in special minutes which shall be written in two copies and shall include the data required by Articles 31 and 34 of this Law and the data mentioned in the first part of this Article.
(4) At the polling stations which accept votes by mail the final counting of votes may immediately follow the initial counting of votes.
