1. Article (24) of Decree-Law No. (14) of 2002 on the Exercise of Political Rights, as amended, stipulates that, “When the designated time for referendum or election ends, the chairman of each subcommittee shall declare the end of the voting process after ensuring that all voters present in the committee’s headquarters have cast their ballots at that time. Such shall be recorded in a report signed by the chairman and the secretary of the committee, after which the subcommittee shall begin the process of counting votes. Every candidate or his/her agent shall be allowed to observe the ballot counting process, excluding the deliberations of the committee.” 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.” 65