(1) The members of the ballot counting committee present are obliged to count each ballot-paper jointly.
(2) The ballot counting committee shall first arrange unused and spoiled ballot-papers into separate bundles and seal the bundles in such fashion that no ballot-paper can be either removed or inserted without damaging the seal.
(3) Before opening the ballot-box the ballot counting committee shall check if the ballot-box is undamaged, open the ballot-box and make sure of the existence of the review sheet, then compare the number of the ballot papers in the ballot-box to the number of persons having cast votes in the electoral district, and ignore the empty envelopes cast into the ballot-box.
(4) After that, the ballot counting committee shall arrange the invalid ballot-papers into a separate group and count them up; write the reason for invalidity on the back of the ballot-paper, which must be signed by the members of the ballot counting committee present; arrange invalid ballot-papers into a separate bundle, and seal the bundle in such fashion that no ballot paper can be either removed or inserted without damaging the seal. The serial number of the electoral district and the number of ballot-papers included in the bundle must be written on the bundles.
(5) If the ballot counting committee ascertains that the ballot-box contains a ballot-paper cast by a person not having right to vote in the given electoral district, it shall declare one vote per candidate out of the valid votes cast on candidates invalid in accordance with the number of persons having voted unlawfully.
(6) The valid ballot-papers shall be counted separately for each candidate, and then shall be arranged into bundles in compliance with paragraph (4). The number of valid votes shall be written on the bundles separately for each candidate.
(7) Ballots shall be counted at least twice.
