officials from such polling station to count the ballots or may assign other officials to count the ballots if the electoral officials from the polling station in question are absent. Article 118._ Every person in the vote counting station and in the inner perimeter shall be placed under the management and control of the Chairperson of the Vote Counting Station as instructed by the National Election Committee. Article 119._ The Polling Station Commission shall verify the number of ballots placed inside the ballot box with the number of voters who have cast their votes marked in the voter list. Where the number of ballots in the ballot box is different from that of the marked voters, the Chairperson of the Polling Station Commission shall order a recount. If the numbers still differ, the Chairperson of the Polling Station Commission shall record this difference in the minutes form. Before counting the ballots, the Chairperson of the Polling Station shall make a hole or cut off all unused ballots to nullify the remaining unused ballots, then shall put the nullified ballots and the stubs of the used ballots in the same plastic bag, which is tightly sealed. Then, the Chairperson of the Polling Station Commission shall direct to count the ballots in accordance with the Regulations and Procedures. After completing the forms according to the requirements provided in article 115, article 116 and article 117 of this law, the Chairperson of the Vote Counting Station shall order to open the ballot box and throw all ballots out of each box, then shall: - Put the objects that are not ballot aside, if any - Unfold the ballots with secret seal on the back, putting them face-down on the first pile. - If there are cast ballots that do not have official secret seal on the back put them aside on the second pile - Count the ballots that are put face down in the two piles and record them, then show the number of the face-down ballots in the two piles to the political party agents and election observers The Chairperson of the Vote Counting Station shall verify the number of ballots thrown out from the ballot box against the number of ballots recorded in the forms as required by article 115 of this law, then show the result of this verification to the political party agents and election observers so that they can check, monitor and evaluate the result. Article 120._ The Vote Counting Station officials shall put face-up the ballots with secret seals on the back in the first pile as mentioned in article 119 of this law and divide them as valid ballots and invalid ballots.