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Article 48
 

(1) If, before vote counting starts, the polling station commission receives a mailed envelope addressed to the given polling station and if the mailed envelope bears a notation that a ballot envelope is enclosed, the commission shall:

1) check if the voter’s name has been entered in the voting-by-mail register and if the receipt of the ballot envelope from this voter has not already been recorded in the register;

2) check if the ballot envelope bears the stamp of the given polling station commission;

3) make an entry in the voting-by-mail register.

(2) A ballot envelope shall be regarded as invalid if it:

1) does not bear the stamp of the given polling station commission;

2) has been mailed by a voter whose name is not found in the voting-by-mail register;

3) has been mailed by a voter for whom an entry in the voting-by mail register has already been made certifying the receipt of a ballot envelope from this voter.

(3) The invalid ballot envelopes shall not be opened and shall not be put into the ballot box. They shall be numbered, and an entry explaining why they are regarded as invalid shall be made in the minutes. The invalid ballot envelopes, together with applications and mailing envelopes, shall be stored in accordance with the procedure set by the Central Election Commission.