§ Article 64Keeping of the Records of Voters who have Voted by Post and the Counting of their Votes

1. After the counting of referendum ballot papers found in the ballot box, ballot papers received by post shall be calculated in the following procedure:
1) the chairman of the referendum polling district committee shall present, unopened, all outer envelopes received by post. Their number shall be entered in the vote counting record;
2) outer envelopes shall be opened one at a time;
3) a voter certificate shall be taken out of the outer envelope, the voter’s surname shall be read aloud, it shall be checked against the voter list of the referendum polling district, and the voucher envelope shall be stamped with the seal of the referendum polling district. If the person on the voter certificate is not on the voter list, or if the voter has already signed the voter list indicating that he has already voted in the polling district or if another envelope for voting by post has been received from the same voter; or if there is no voter certificate in the outer envelope; or if there is more than one voucher envelope in the outer envelope - the seal shall not be affixed and the ballot paper in the envelope shall be considered invalid. This fact must be noted on the voucher envelope.
4) in the voter list of the referendum polling district, a special note shall be written by the surname of the voter whose vote has been received by post;
5) the sealed voucher envelope shall be cast into the ballot box prepared according to the established requirements; and
6) when all envelopes received by post have been inspected, the ballot box shall be opened and the sealed voucher envelopes shall be opened and counted according to the requirements of Article 63 of this Law. If there is more than one referendum ballot paper in the voucher envelope, all ballot papers in the envelope shall be considered invalid.
2. If only one sealed voucher envelope is in the referendum polling district committee), it, in order to protect the secrecy of voting, shall not be opened, and shall be handed over to the referendum committee, which has formed this committee. It shall enter the results of the voting in its vote counting record.