§ Article 104(untitled)

rganization of voting for the election of members of the Council of the
 Republic
 To organize secret voting for the election of members of the Council of the Republic and
determine its results, deputies participating in the meeting elect from among themselves a
counting commission of 9–15 members. The counting commission cannot include candidates
for members of the Council of the Republic.
 The Counting Commission elects a chairman, deputy chairman and secretary of the
commission from among its members. The decisions of the counting commission are made by
a majority vote of its members.
 Ballot papers are prepared by the counting commission in the form established by the
Central Commission in the quantity corresponding to the number of participants in the meeting.
The text of the ballot is approved by the counting commission.
 Candidates for members of the Council of the Republic are included in the voting ballot in
alphabetical order, indicating the surname, first name, patronymic (if any), date of birth, position
of the employee (worker's profession, occupation), place of work and place of residence (city;
urban-type settlement or rural settlement, indicating the district), party affiliation and time of
residence in the region, the city of Minsk of each candidate. An empty square is placed to the
right of each candidate's information. At the end of the list of candidates, the line “Against all
candidates” is placed with an empty square located to the right of it. If, during repeat elections
or elections of a member of the Council of the Republic, instead of the one who retired, the
name of only one candidate for member of the Council of the Republic is included in the ballot,
then the text of the ballot must contain the words “for” and “against”, under which empty
squares are placed.
 The back side of the ballot paper is signed by at least two persons who are members of the
counting commission.
 Voting for the election of members of the Council of the Republic is carried out in a specially
designated room, in which a sufficient number of booths or rooms for secret voting are
equipped, and places for issuing ballots are determined. Voting boxes are installed in such a
way that voters, when approaching them, must pass through booths or rooms for secret voting.
 The time, place and procedure for voting are established by the counting commission and
announced by its chairman.
 Before voting begins, ballot boxes are checked, sealed or sealed by the chairman of the
counting commission in the presence of members of the counting commission.
 Each deputy taking part in the meeting is given a voting ballot. Ballots are issued by
members of the counting commission in accordance with the list of deputies taking part in the
meeting, upon presentation by the deputy of his deputy ID. The deputy signs for receipt of the
ballot in the list of deputies.