 If the station has received postal votes, these are processed prior to the sealing of the apertures of the ballot boxes, as follows: o the presiding officer announces to observers and party agents that there are postal votes to process; o the presiding officer announces the total number of postal voters on the polling station’s postal vote register, and the total number of envelops received; o one at a time, the presiding officer announces the postal voter’s name and national ID number as written on the postal vote envelope; o the voters’ roll officer confirms and marks the voter’s records; o the presiding officer then opens the envelope and, without unfolding the ballot, stamps each one with the official mark of the station; and o the ballots are then placed in the appropriate ballot boxes to be counted with all the other votes.  If the station did not receive postal votes, then the counting and verification phase commences.  The opening of the ballot boxes and the completion of the V11 Results Form are carried out one election at a time.  On sequencing, the Presidential Election ballot box is opened first.  The ballot box seals are cut, and the two padlocks are removed.  The ballot box is emptied onto the table.  The ballot papers are counted face-down, verifying the number of ballot papers matches the number of ballot papers issued.  If a ballot paper from one of the other elections is found during the count, it is placed inside an envelope labelled ‘Incorrectly Inserted Ballots’.  The ballots are counted in lots of ten by the counting officer, and then placed in bundles comprising 100 ballots.  The bundles are sorted by candidates and valid votes: o valid votes are ballots on which the voter has indicated with certainty the candidate of their choice; while o invalid votes are ballots on which the voter’s intention is not clear.  This process is repeated for the two other elections. 52