1. The polling district referendum committee, in the presence of at least 3/5 of its members, shall inspect the referendum ballot box of the polling district whether the seals have not been broken and whether there is no other evidence which indicates that it could have been opened or that ballot papers could have been removed in any other way. The committee, in the presence of at least 3/5 of its members, shall decide if the ballot box has been tampered with. If the committee decides that the ballot box was tampered with, an act shall be drawn up about this and the votes shall not be counted. 2. Having ascertained that the ballot box has not been tampered with, in the presence of at least 3/5 of the members of the polling district committee as well as referendum observers, it shall be opened, all ballot papers shall be placed on tables on which there are no other documents and writing materials and the committee shall start counting votes. 3. Votes shall be counted in such a way that this procedure, marks of voters in the referendum ballot papers may be observed by all the persons present during the counting of votes. The Central Electoral Committee shall establish the concrete procedure for the counting of votes. 4. The number of voters residing in the referendum polling district and having the right to vote shall be determined according to the referendum polling district voter lists. The number of voters to whom ballots have been issued shall be determined according to voter signatures, certifying receipt of a ballot. The number of the voters who voted in the referendum polling district shall be determined according to the number of ballots found in the referendum polling district ballot box. The number of voters who have participated in the referendum shall be determined in accordance with the ballots found in the referendum polling district ballot box and the number of ballots received by post. 5. Having discovered more ballots in the ballot box than the number, which had been issued to voters, the committee shall employ measures to determine the reasons thereof. 6. The results of the ballot count shall be included in the ballot counting record.
§ Article 63Counting of Votes of the Voters who have Voted in the Referendum Polling District
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