Law on the Election of Local Government Councils § Section 40

(1) When all the valid ballot envelopes are
opened, the polling station commission shall decide on the
validity of those ballot papers which were in the ballot
envelopes with several ballot papers, torn ballot papers and
ballot papers of another district.
(2) If a ballot envelope contains several absolutely identical
ballot papers, one of them shall be deemed to be valid and added
to the valid ballot papers for counting, but others shall be
deemed to be invalid.
(3) Envelopes containing torn ballot papers as well as empty
ballot envelopes shall be deemed to be ballot envelopes without
valid ballot papers.
(4) If a ballot envelope contains more than one ballot paper
and these ballot papers are not identical as concerns their
content (also as concerns the marks made), it shall be deemed to
be an envelope without a valid ballot paper.
(5) The polling station commission shall resolve the
differences of opinion regarding the validity of ballot papers by
majority vote. In the event of a tied vote, the chairperson of
the commission shall cast the deciding vote.
(6) Valid ballot papers, in accordance with the procedures
specified by the Central Election Commission, shall be grouped
according to the names of the lists of candidates. Afterwards the
votes cast for each list of candidates shall be counted.
(7) The number of votes cast for each list of candidates shall
be entered in the vote counting report. Information on the number
of votes cast for each list of candidates shall be provided in
accordance with the procedures specified by the Central Election
Commission.
[11 November 2004]