§ Art. 92Receipt and provisional examination of early votes

Receipt and provisional examination of early votes.
If an electoral commission receives a ballot box containing ballots cast in early voting, cf.
Article 77, it shall check whether the box’s seals are intact and undamaged. An electoral
commission member shall open the ballot box in the presence of list agents. If the agents of a
list are not present, the senior electoral commission shall call people from the same
candidature, if possible, to safeguard its rights. The postal ballots shall be counted and
compared with the presiding officer’s records on the poll, cf. paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 77.
The electoral commission shall then open the postal ballots and examine whether the ballot
shall be accepted as valid, cf. Article 94. If a ballot is to be accepted as valid, a special mark
should be placed provisionally against the name of the voter in the electoral register, but the
unopened ballot paper envelope together with the covering letter shall be replaced in the
sending envelope, which shall be placed in storage while polling proceeds. If the ballot is not
to be accepted as valid, the ballot paper envelope and covering letter shall be stored in the
same manner, the reason for rejection of the ballot being recorded on the sending envelope.
Any postal ballots received by the electoral commission or received while polling is
underway shall be recorded in the log book. These ballots shall be handled as prescribed in
paragraph 1.
If a voter is not on the electoral register in the polling ward (or municipality), the electoral
commission shall check where the voter is on the electoral register and, if possible, have the
postal ballot delivered to the correct polling ward; otherwise, the postal ballot shall be kept in
storage until the closing of polls.
The senior electoral commission may begin sorting ballots under paragraph 1 in good time
before polling day so that they can be delivered to the correct polling ward on polling day.