1. Two vote counting records shall be drawn up in every polling district: one of the single-member constituency and one of the multi-member constituency. The vote counting record of the multi-member constituency shall consist of two parts. 2. The vote counting record of the single-member constituency shall include the following: 1) the number of voters in the polling district; 2) the number of ballot papers of the single-member constituency received from the constituency electoral committee; 3) the number of ballot papers delivered to each member of the committee, the number of ballot papers delivered to voters, the number of voters' signatures, the number of voter certificates, the number of arrival cards, and the number of unused and spoiled ballot papers; 4) the number of annulled ballot papers; 5) the number of voters who have voted in the polling station of the polling district; 6) the time of the opening of the ballot box; 7) the number of invalid ballot papers found in the ballot box; 8) the number of valid ballot papers found in the ballot box; 9) the number of votes found in the ballot box which have been separately cast for each candidate for Seimas member; 10) the number of envelopes received by post and the number of sealed voucher envelopes; 11) the number of invalid ballot papers received by post (ballot papers which are in unsealed and unopened envelopes shall not be counted and shall not be indicated as invalid); 12) the number of valid ballot papers received by post; 13) the number of votes received by post for each candidate for Seimas member; 14) the total number of voters who participated in the elections in the polling district; 15) the total number of invalid ballot papers in the polling district; and 16) the total number of votes cast for each candidate for Seimas member. 3. The vote counting record of the multi-member constituency shall include the following: 1) the number of voters in the polling district; 2) the number of ballot papers of the multi-member constituency received from the constituency electoral committee; 3) the number of ballot papers delivered to each member of the committee, the number of ballot papers delivered to voters, the number of voters' signatures, the number of voter certificates, the number of arrival cards, and the number of unused and spoiled ballot papers; 4) the number of annulled ballot papers; 5) the number of voters who have voted in the polling station of the polling district; 6) the time of the opening of the ballot box; 7) the number of invalid ballot papers found in the ballot box; 8) the number of valid ballot papers found in the ballot box; 9) the number of votes found in the ballot box which have been separately cast for the list of candidates nominated by each party (their coalition); 10) the number of envelopes received by post, the number of sealed voucher envelopes; 11) the number of invalid ballot papers received by post; 12) the number of valid ballot papers received by post; 13) the number of votes received by post which have been cast for the list of candidates nominated by each party (their coalition); 14) the total number of voters who have participated in the elections in the polling district; 15) the total number of invalid ballot papers in the polling district; and 16) the total number of votes cast for the list of candidates nominated by each party (their coalition). 4. The number of the voters of the polling district shall be established according to the voter lists of the polling district. The number of the voters who have been delivered the ballot papers, shall be established according to the voters’ signatures proving that the ballot papers have been received. The number of the voters who have voted in the polling district shall be established according to the number of the ballot papers lawfully delivered to voters by the electoral committee of that polling district and found in the ballot box of the polling station. The total number of the voters who have participated in the election in the polling district shall be established by adding the number of the ballot papers found in the ballot boxes to the number of the ballot papers received by post and counted. 5. If more ballot papers are found in the ballot box than it has been delivered to voters, the committee shall take measures to discover the causes. This shall be entered in the vote counting record, indicating the number of extra ballot papers which were found. 6. After all data have been entered into the single-member constituency vote counting record of the polling district and the first part of the multi-member constituency vote counting record and all ballot papers have been put into sealed packages and the special envelope (envelopes), the vote counting records of the polling district shall be signed by the chairman and members of the polling district committee. After that the observers shall sign the records. Their remarks, the separate opinions of the members of the committee shall be appended to the records and shall be an inseparable part thereof. 7. The second part of the multi-member constituency vote counting record shall contain the following information: 1) the number of counted ballot papers; 2) the number of ballot papers in which voters have not indicated preference votes; 3) the number of preference votes cast for each candidate; 4) the sum total of preference votes received by all candidates; 5) other vote counting data established by the Central Electoral Committee necessary when checking if the votes cast by the voters have been counted accurately. 8. After all data have been entered into the second part of the polling district vote counting record and all counted ballot papers have been put into sealed packages, this part of the polling district vote counting record shall be signed by the chairman and members of the polling district committee. After that the observers shall sign the second part of the record. Their remarks, the separate opinions of the members of the committee shall be appended to the second part of the record and shall be an inseparable part thereof. If the polling district committee or the constituency electoral committee establishes that the mistake has been made in the data recorded in the first part of the vote counting record, a record shall be drawn up to correct the mistake. The second part of the record and ballot papers shall be returned to the constituency electoral committee. A decision concerning the mistake shall be adopted by the constituency electoral committee.
§ Article 79Vote Counting Records of the Polling District
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