§ Art. III-181Tabulation of Voting Results in the Out-of-Country Election District

1. The Central Election Commission shall, at its meeting, consider and announce protocols
of the precinct election commissions on the vote counting at the out-of-country election precincts,
received by the Commission, or messages about the contents of the respective protocols of vote
counting, transmitted via technical means of communication in accordance with the Part three of
Article 178 of this Code. The aforementioned data shall be immediately made public by the Central
Election Commission on its official website.
 2. The Central Election Commission shall, after the receipt and consideration of the protocols
of the precinct election commissions on the vote counting at the out-of-country election precincts,
at the same meeting, based on the aforementioned protocols and the notifications about the contents
thereof, which have been transmitted using the technical means of communication, establish the
following information:
 1) the number of ballot papers for voting in an out-of-country district received by the Central
 Election Commission;
 2) the number of unused ballot papers for voting in an out-of-country district invalidated by
 the Central Election Commission;
 3) the number of ballot papers for voting in an out-of-country district received by precinct
 election commissions of an out-of-country district;
 4) the number of unused ballot papers for voting in an out-of-country district invalidated by
 precinct election commissions of an out-of-country district;
 5) number of voters included in voter lists at election precincts of a an out-of-country district;
 6) the number of voters who received ballot papers within an out-of-country district;
 7) the number of ballot papers for voting in an out-of-country district, which are not subject
 to counting, discovered at a precinct of an out-of-country district;
 8) the number of voters who participated in the voting within the out-of-country district;
 9) the number of ballot papers for voting in an out-of-country districts which were declared
 invalid;
 10) the total number of votes by voters who supported the nationwide electoral lists of all parties
 within the out of country-district;
 11) the number of votes by voters who supported the nationwide electoral lists of each party
 within the out of country-district;
 3. The information on the voting results within the out-of-country election district shall be
announced at the meeting of the Central Election Commission and entered in numbers in the

 

protocols of the Central Election Commission on the voting results within the out-of-country
election district.
 4. The protocol specified in Part three of this Article shall be drawn up in accordance with
the procedure specified by Article 180 of this Code.
 5. The protocol specified in Part three of this Article shall be drawn up in two copies. The
protocol shall be signed by the Chair, Deputy Chairs, Secretary and other members of the Central
Election Commission present at the meeting of the commission, and affixed by the seal of the
Central Election Commission. The protocol shall specify the date and time (hours and minutes) of its
signing by the members of the Central Election Commission. If a member of the commission disagrees
with the vote counting results entered in a protocol of the Central Election Commission, that member
of Central Election Commission shall sign the protocol with a note “With dissenting opinion”. A
written dissenting opinion shall be attached to the protocol on vote counting. Failure or refusal of some
members of the Central Election Commission to sign a vote counting protocol shall entail no legal
consequences for the validity of the protocol. In the case of absence of the signature of the member of
the Central Election Commission in a protocol, the reasons for the absence of the signature shall be
indicated next to his or her last name. MP candidates, party’s representatives to the Central Election
Commission that were present during the establishing the voting results within the out-of-country
election district shall be entitled to sign the first copy of the protocol. The contents of the protocol
shall be immediately made public using the official website of the Central Election Commission.
 6. Upon his or her request, a party’s representative to the Central Election Commission shall
immediately receive a copy of the protocol (including the one marked “Corrected”) of the Central
Election Commission on the voting results within the out-of-country election district. The said
copies shall be certified at each page by signatures of the Chair and the Secretary of the Central
Election Commission and affixed with the seal of the Central Election Commission.
 7. The Central Election Commission shall be obliged to establish the results of voting within the
out-of-country election district regardless of the number of out-of-country election precincts at which
the voting was declared invalid or such that was not organized and conducted in accordance with the
requirements of this Code.
 8. The voting in the out-of-country election district may not be declared invalid.