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Appendix
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Article LVIII.—The following ballots shall be void:—

  1. Those for which a regular ballot has not been used.
  2. Those on which the names of two or more persons voted for are entered.
  3. Those on which the names of a person voted for can not be deciphered.
  4. Those on which the name of a person who has no qualification for election is inscribed.
  5. Those on which words other than the name of the person voted for are written. This rule does not apply to those on which the official rank, profession, class, residence or honorifics are entered.

Article LIX.—Ballots shall be sorted into those that are valid and those that are void and shall be preserved by the respective counting-overseers during the tenure of office of the members.

Article LX.—The counting-overseer shall keep minutes of counting, in which shall be recorded all matters relating to the counting, and shall, after affixing his signature and those of the counting witnesses, preserve them together with the voting minutes during the tenure of office of the members.

Article LXI.—When the examination of ballots has been finished the counting-overseer shall at once report the result to the Chairman of Election.

Article LXII.—The provisions of Article XLIV shall, with the exception of the proviso, be applied correspondingly to counting.

Article LXIII.—For the control of counting offices the provisions of Chapter V shall be applied correspondingly.

Chapter VII.—Election Meeting

Article LXIV.—The election meeting shall be held at the place and on the date appointed by the Chairman of Election, to examine the returns mentioned in Article LXI.

When the counting returns mentioned in Article LXI have been received in the case where a new election has been held owing to the invalidation of a portion of the election, the Chairman of Election shall summon an election meeting and shalt examine anew the said returns together with those forwarded by the other counting-overseers.

Article LXV.—The Chairman of Election shall previously proclaim the place and date of the election meeting.

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