§ Article 69(untitled)

rocessing of Voting Results in Territorial Commission, District Election
Commissions, Election Commissions of Municipal Formations, Election Commissions
of the Subjects of the Russian Federation, the Central Election Commission of the
Russian Federation

 1. First original copies of protocol of voting results of precinct commissions, territorial
commissions, district election commissions, election commissions of municipal formations,
election commissions of the subjects of the Russian Federation shall, immediately after they
are signed by voting members of the commission and their certified copies and certified copies
of the summary tables are issued to persons entitled to receive such copies, be submitted to
superior commission for summing up of the data contained in the said protocols and further
transfer of this data to the commission that establishes the voting results for the entire territory
in which the election, the referendum was conducted and that establishes the results of
corresponding election, referendum, including the commission organizing this election,
referendum.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 2. On the basis of the data of the protocol of voting results, and after a preliminary
verification of their correct execution, superior commission shall establish the voting results for
corresponding territory, district, subject of the Russian Federation, the Russian Federation by
summing up the protocol data. The decision of commission on voting results is filed as a
protocol of voting results.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)
 The receipt of protocols from subordinate commissions, summing up of the data of
these protocols, and compilation of a protocol of voting results for corresponding territory shall
be performed at one and the same premises, and all actions of commission members related to
the receipt of protocols from subordinate commissions, summing up of the data of these
protocols, and compilation of the protocol of voting results shall be within the field of vision of
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the commission’s members and observers, other persons referred to in Clause 3, Article 30 of
this Federal Law. At the said premises there shall be an enlarged form of the summary table for
corresponding territory into which the data from this protocol shall be entered and the time of
the entering be indicated, immediately after the arrival of the chairman, secretary or another
voting member of a subordinate commission with the first original copy of the protocol of voting
results.
 The chairman, secretary or another voting member of a subordinate commission shall
submit the first original copy of the protocol of voting results and the documents appended
thereto to a voting member of superior commission who shall check the correctness of the
protocol’s execution, the completeness of the appended documents and the matching of the
check proportions.
 If a protocol and (or) summary table of a subordinate commission were compiled in
violation of the requirements established by the law for compilation of a protocol and a
summary table, the said commission shall compile a new protocol and (or) summary table in
accordance with the requirements of Clause 8 of this Article, and the initially submitted protocol
and (or) summary table shall be retained by superior commission.
 If a protocol and (or) summary table of a subordinate commission were compiled in
compliance with the requirements established by the law for compilation of a protocol and a
summary table, a voting member of superior commission shall enter the data from this protocol
into the summary table of superior commission. The chairman, secretary or another voting
member of a subordinate commission that submitted the protocol of voting results to the
member of superior commission shall put his signature in the enlarged form of the summary
table under the data of the protocol of voting results of corresponding commission.
 The summing up of the data contained in protocols of voting results of subordinate
commissions shall be carried out by voting members of superior commission in person.

 3. On the basis of the data of the protocols of subordinate commissions, superior
commission shall compile a summary table and a protocol of voting results (on the results of
elections, referendum), where the data shall be entered on the number of subordinate
commissions in the respective territory, in the district, the subject of the Russian Federation, in
the Russian Federation, the number of received protocols of subordinate commissions on the
basis of which the said protocol was compiled, and the summarized data for the lines of the
protocol of voting results of the precinct commission established by Clause 2, Article 67 of this
Federal Law. The protocol of voting results (results of elections, referendum) shall contain the
data on the number of absentee certificates issued to subordinate commissions, the number of
unused absentee certificates cancelled they corresponding commission, including absentee
certificates lost in corresponding commission. The summary table of voting results (results of
elections, referendum) that is prepared by commission (except commission that is directly
superior to precinct commission) shall contain the data of the protocol of subordinate
commission on the number of absentee certificated received by corresponding commission, the
number of absentee certificates issued to subordinate commissions, the number of unused
absentee certificates cancelled by corresponding commission and the number of absentee
certificates lost in corresponding commission. In order to sign its protocol, the commission shall
hold a mandatory final meeting at which any complaints (appeals) received by the commission
and related to the conduct of voting, vote counting, and execution of subordinate commissions’
protocols shall be considered. After this, the commission shall sign a protocol of voting results
(results of elections, referendum) and issue copies of this protocol to persons referred to in
Clause 3, Article 30 of this Federal Law. The protocol of voting results (results of elections,
referendum) shall be compiled in two original copies and signed by all present voting members
of the commission, and indicate the date and time (hour, minute) of its signing. Signing of a
protocol in violation of this procedure shall constitute grounds for invalidating this protocol.
(as amended by the Federal Laws of October 4, 2010, No.263-FZ, of July 25, 2011, No.262-
FZ)
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 4. The protocols of voting results of the commissions referred to in Clause 1 of this
Article shall be appended with a summary table of voting results, compiled in two original
copies, for corresponding territory, district, subject of the Russian Federation, the Russian
Federation, which shall include full data from all protocols of voting results received by
corresponding commission. A voting member of the commission who disagrees with the whole
protocol or any part thereof may attach his special opinion to the protocol and this fact shall be
noted in the protocol.

 5. The first original copy of the protocol shall be appended with special opinions of
members of the commission that compiled the protocol and any complaints (appeals) related to
violations of this Federal Law, other law received by the commission in the period beginning on
the voting day and ending on the day of compilation of corresponding protocol of voting results,
as well as decisions taken with regard to such complaints (appeals).

 6. The second original copy of the protocol of voting results, together with the second
original copy of the summary table of voting results, lists of non-voting members of the
commission that compiled the protocol, observers, other persons referred to in Clause 3, Article
30 of this Federal Law who were present during the establishment of voting results and at
preparation of corresponding protocols, as well as the other documents provided for by this
Federal Law shall be kept by the secretary of the said commission and stored in a guarded
room.

 7. The second original copy of the protocol of voting results together with the second
original copy of the summary table of voting results shall be provided for inspection to members
of the commission that compiled the protocol, observers, other persons referred to in Clause 3,
Article 30 of this Federal Law, and a certified copy of the protocol shall be displayed to the
general public.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 8. If after the protocol of voting results and (or) summary table of voting results were
signed and their first original copies were submitted to superior commission, the commission
that submitted the protocol and the summary table, or superior commission in the course of a
preliminary inspection finds an inaccuracy (including a slip of the pen, misprint, error in the
summation of the data of protocols of territorial election commissions), the commission that
submitted the protocol and the summary table shall be entitled to consider at its meeting the
issue of amending lines 1-11 (if the law established voting by absentee certificates – lines 11a-
11f), 11g and 11h of the protocol and (or) the summary table. The commission’s decision shall
be made known to its non-voting members, observers and other persons who were present at
the preparation of the previously approved protocol and mass media representatives. In such
case the commission shall compile a protocol of voting results marked with the word "Repeat."
The said protocol and (or) the summary table shall be promptly submitted to superior
commission. The violation of the above procedure of preparation of a repeat protocol shall
constitute grounds for invalidating this protocol. If amendments to line 12 and subsequent lines
shall be introduced, vote recounting shall be organized in the order established by Clause 9 of
this Article.
(as amended by the Federal Laws of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ, of October 4, 2010, No.263-FZ)

 9. If any mistakes, discrepancies are discovered in protocols of voting results and (or)
summary tables of voting results, if any doubts arise about the correctness of the compilation of
the protocols and (or) summary tables received from a subordinate commission, superior
commission shall be entitled to take a decision to conduct a recount of votes cast by voters,
referendum participants or to conduct independent recount of votes of voters, referendum
participants in corresponding election precinct, referendum precinct, corresponding territory.
Recount of votes of voters, referendum participants shall be conducted in the presence of
voting member (members) of superior commission by the commission that compiled and
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approved the protocol that is subject to the verification or the commission that made the
decision to recount the votes cast by voters, referendum participants, and non-voting members
of corresponding commission, observers, candidates, other persons indicated in Clause 3,
Article 30 of this Federal Law who are entitled to attend a recount of votes cast by voters,
referendum participants shall receive mandatory notification of such recount. On the basis of
the results of the recount of votes cast by voters, referendum participants the commission that
conducted such recount shall compile a protocol of voting results marked with the words "Vote
recount." Its certified copies shall be issued to observers, other persons indicated in Clause 3,
Article 30 of this Federal Law. The protocol shall be sent to superior commission forthwith. This
recount of votes can be conducted before superior commission established voting results,
results of elections, referendum and compile a protocol on voting results, results of elections,
referendum.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)