§ Section 36(untitled)

(1) The polling station commission shall
prepare a vote counting report regarding the counting of votes.
After completion of the counting of votes, the authorised
observers also have the right to become acquainted with the vote
counting report.
1) [31 October 2013];
2) [31 October 2013].
(2) Prior to the opening of ballot boxes, the polling station
commission shall establish the number of received, used and spare
ballot envelopes, the number of voters at the polling station and
at locations of voters. Sealed ballot envelopes which have not
been used in voting shall be cancelled.
(3) The ballot boxes shall be opened subsequent to the
establishment of the information referred to in Paragraph two of
this Section and the packaging of the materials and ballot
envelopes not used in the counting of votes. The ballot boxes
shall be opened one by one and the ballot envelopes shall be
counted.
(4) Ballot envelopes taken out of each ballot box, without
opening them, shall be sorted into valid and invalid ballot
envelopes.
(5) Torn ballot envelopes and ballot envelopes which are not
sealed with a seal of the relevant polling station commission
shall be deemed to be invalid.
(6) Invalid ballot envelopes shall be counted and packaged
unopened, specifying that the pack contains invalid ballot
envelopes and the number thereof. The total number of invalid
ballot envelopes shall be entered in the election procedure
log.
(7) The number of valid ballot envelopes taken out of each
ballot box shall be equal to or less than the relevant number of
voters.
(8) If a ballot box contains ballot papers which are not
inserted in ballot envelopes, they shall be cancelled and
packaged in accordance with the procedures specified by the
Central Election Commission.
[31 October 2013; 25 May 2023]