Article 58. Actions of precinct election commission after the completion of voting

After completion of voting, the chairperson or deputy chairperson of the precinct election commission shall announce the completion of voting in the presence of all members of the commission, observers and the mass media.

Chairperson of the precinct election commission or deputy chairperson together with the members of the commission shall:

compare numbers of seals with the corresponding act;

prepare the place (table) for counting of ballots, after taking aside the writing accessories;

count the unused and distorted ballots and cancel them, and the relevant record shall be made in the final Protocol;

put the sealed envelopes with ballots of early voting into the ballot box;

open stationary and portable ballot boxes;

distribute the ballot papers for each candidate and political party into separate piles, announcing and displaying the ballot papers;

count the votes cast for each candidate and political party;

determine and count invalid ballots, which shall be recorded in the final Protocol;

make a record of the voting results in the final Protocol.

Precinct election commission shall review the complaints (applications) received during the voting and counting of votes. After that the precinct election commission shall hold a meeting on the results of the counting and decide on the outcome of the voting.

The results of the counting of votes shall be considered at the meeting of the precinct election commission and recorded in the protocol signed by the chairperson, deputy chairperson, secretary and other members of election commission. After that, the protocol shall be announced by the chairperson or deputy chairperson of precinct election commission and a copy of the Protocol shall be immediately posted in the premises of the precinct election Commission for public inspection for a period of not less than forty-eight hours.

An authorized representative of a political party and observers participating in the vote counting process shall have the right to obtain a certified copy of the protocol of precinct election commission.

A copy of the protocol of the precinct election commission shall be immediately submitted to the territorial election commissions during the elections of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, deputies of the Legislative Chamber, to the district election commissions during the elections of deputies to the regional and Tashkent city Kengashes of people's deputies, and during the elections to the district and city Kengashes of people's deputies to the relevant sub-region and city election commissions through the use of information and communication technologies, and the original shall be delivered in person to the relevant territorial election commissions (during the elections of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, deputies of the Legislative Chamber), district election commissions (during the elections of deputies to the regional and Tashkent city Kengashes of people's deputies), to the sub-region and city election commissions (during the elections of deputies to the sub-region and city Kengashes of people's deputies) by the chairman or his deputy, accompanied by employees of the internal affairs agencies.