chart: Provided, That if any of the members delays ballot counting without good cause, he or she shall be deemed to renounce his or her authority, and the fact thereof shall be stated in the ballot-counting records. <Amended on Mar. 7, 2002; Mar. 12, 2004; Aug. 4, 2005; Jul. 28, 2011; Jan. 17, 2014> (4) No one shall report the number of votes obtained by each candidate, referred to in paragraph (3), before it is officially announced: Provided, That this shall not apply where data about ballot counting are reported as provided by an election commission. <Amended on Mar. 7, 2002; Jan. 17, 2014> (5) The procedure for ballot counting, the form of the ballot-counting briefing chart, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by the National Election Commission Regulations. <Amended on Jan. 17, 2014> Article 179 (Invalid Votes) (1) Any of the following votes shall be nullified: <Amended on Mar. 7, 2002; Mar. 12, 2004; Aug. 4, 2005; Aug. 13, 2015> 1. Where the regular ballot paper is not used; 2. Where no mark is put in any column; 3. Where the marks are put over two columns or in two or more columns; 4. Where it is impossible to distinguish a column in which the mark is put; 5. Where the mark "" is not put, but a character or a shape of something else is drawn; 6. Where other matters than the mark "" are entered; 7. Where the mark is put in with an aid other than such marking device as provided by the election commission. (2) In early voting or home voting, any of the following votes shall be invalid, in addition to those specified in paragraph (1): <Amended on Feb. 16, 2000; Aug. 4, 2005; Feb. 29, 2012; Jan. 17, 2014> 1. A vote not returned in an official envelope; 2. A vote returned in an unsealed envelope; 3. Deleted; <Aug. 4, 2005> 4. Deleted. <Jan. 17, 2014> (3) In shipboard voting, any of the following votes shall be also invalid, in addition to those invalid under paragraph (1): <Newly Inserted on Feb. 29, 2012; Jan. 17, 2014> 1. A vote transmitted by facsimile with a number different from the facsimile number stated in the relevant shipboard voting report or a vote transmitted by facsimile with an unidentifiable number; 2. Votes transmitted in addition to the vote initially received through the normal process, where two or more votes have been transmitted by one eligible voter; 3. A vote on which the signature of the eligible voter, shipmaster, or observer is omitted (excluding a vote with no observer’s signature thereon, if no observer was present pursuant to the proviso of Article 158-3 (3)); 4. A vote with the name of a candidate or a political party or with a description, from which such name can be inferred, written on the front section.