The ballot paper provided by the Polling Station Commission that is ticked for only one
political party shall be deemed valid. Any ballot paper shall be deemed invalid if:
1.
2.
it is not an official ballot paper, or
it is not marked or marked but the Polling Station Commission is unable to
determine for which political party it is marked for, or
3. It bears a mark by which the voter can be identified, or
4. it is torn or damaged, or
5. it does not have the stamp of the secret seal on its back.
The invalid ballots as described in items 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 above shall be determined by
the Regulations and Procedures of the National Election Committee.
Then, the Vote Counting Station officials shall count the valid ballots which are marked
to support each political party.
The ballots shall be counted in a way that the mark of all votes is visible to the political
party agents and election observers.
Article 121._
When there is an objection to the ballots that are counted according to the requirements
as provided in article 120 of this law the objected ballots shall be put aside and resolved
according to the requirements as provided in article 122 of this law.
Article 122 ._
The Vote Counting Station officials shall check all invalid ballots and the objected ballots
according to the requirements as provided in article 120 and article 121 of this law.
The checking of these ballots shall be open before the political party agents and election
observers and ask them to give comments.
After considering those comments, the Chairperson of the Vote Counting Station shall
decide to reject or not to count the ballots that:
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Are not given by the polling station
Are not stamped with secret seal on the back
Are marked for more than one political parties
Are not marked
Are marked but the Polling Station Commission is unable to determine for which
political party it is marked for\
Bear marks by which the voters can be identified
Are torn or damaged or spoiled
The ballots that are decided as accepted according to this article shall be counted in
combination with valid ballots that are counted according to the requirements as provided in
paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 of article 120 of this law, even though there is or there is no
objection to the decision.
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