2. Article (26) of the same Law followed, stipulating that, “All votes shall be disqualified and void if the vote cast in the ballot paper is conditional, or given to more than the required candidates, or marked on a paper other than the provided ballot paper, or bore any marks that would disclose the identity of the voter.” 3. Article (27) of the above-mentioned Law stipulates that, “The subcommittee shall decide on all matters relating to the referendum or election process, and the validity or the invalidity of the ballot vote of any voter. The deliberations of the committee shall be confidential, and shall be only attended by the chairman and members of the committee. The decisions of the committee shall be issued by an absolute majority, and shall be recorded in the minutes of the committee, and shall be reasoned and signed by the chairman and the secretary of the committee.” 4. Article (28) of the same Law stipulates that, “The chairman of the committee provided for in Article (7) of this Law shall announce in each electoral district the results of the election of the members of the House of Representatives in all constituencies of his/her region, and the number of votes obtained by each candidate in his/her constituency, after the arrival of all the minutes of polling and counting committees and the ballot papers from the subcommittees in the region. A copy of the results together with all minutes and ballot papers shall be sent to the Supreme Committee provided for in Article (18) of this Law, which shall make the final announcement of the general results of the election of the members of the House of Representatives and shall notify the winners of their membership to the Parliament. The General Secretariat of the House of Representatives, following the announcement of the results of the election, shall hand in to each wining member a certificate of membership of the House of Representatives.” 5. Article (29) of the above Law stipulates that, “The Chairman of the Supreme Committee provided for in Article (18) of this Law shall announce the results of the referendum after receiving all the minutes of the subcommittees.” 6. Article (19) of Decree-Law No. (15) of 2002 on the Shura Council and the House of Representatives and its amendments stipulates that, “If the number of candidates applying for membership in the House of Representatives in an electoral district is the same as the number of members specified for such district, or if only this number of candidates remains for any reason whatsoever, the Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs, and Endowments shall announce those candidates as winning members without the need to conduct election in the district.” 7. Article (20) of the same Law followed, stipulating that, “The member of the House of Representatives shall be elected by an absolute majority of the number of valid votes cast in the election. If this majority is not achieved by one of the candidates in the electoral constituency, there shall be a re-election (re-run) between the two candidates who have obtained the largest number of votes. If another candidate had equal votes to the second runner up, such candidate shall participate in a second election re-run, in which case the candidate with the highest number of votes shall be considered the winner. If more than one candidate received equal votes, lots 87