In-person polling-place hours

The statute sets specific, enumerated opening and closing hours (7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.) by legislative act, leaving no discretion to local administrators except the narrow exception for Chambers and Lee counties' county commissions to adopt central time by resolution. The core requirement is statutory and unambiguous.

“Every polling place shall open for voting at 7:00 A.M. and shall close at 7:00 P.M.”

The statute explicitly sets mandatory polling-place hours by legislative enactment, specifying 7 a.m. opening and 8 p.m. closing for general, primary, special, and federal elections, with separate hours for other elections. The use of 'shall' creates binding statutory obligation, not discretionary administrative authority.

The statute directly and unambiguously sets the polling-place closing time at 18:00 (6 p.m.) by national law, leaving no room for local administrative discretion. The provision is statutory, enumerated, and mandatory.

“El acto eleccionario finalizará a las dieciocho horas”

The statute explicitly sets polling hours at 6:00 a.m. opening and 7:00 p.m. closing in mandatory terms ('shall be opened' and 'shall be closed'), with no discretion left to local administrators. The requirement is statewide, enumerated, and directly embodied in statutory text.

“the polls shall be opened in every precinct at 6:00 a.m. on the day of election and shall be closed at 7:00 p.m.”

The statute sets specific, enumerated opening and closing hours for early voting at the county clerk's designated location (8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. weekdays, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday) rather than delegating this decision to local administrators. While the statute permits county boards to establish additional polling sites, it requires those additional sites to operate during the same hours as the clerk's location or as close as possible if circumstances prevent identical hours.

Electoral Code Article 64 codifies the precinct-commission's pre-vote sitting at 07:00 on voting day. Article 65 codifies voting opening at 08:00 and Article 68 codifies closing at 20:00. Statutory hours fixed for all elections.

Section 220(b) sets polling-place opening and closing hours directly in statute: polls must open at 8 a.m. and remain open until 6 p.m. (with a provision allowing voters present at 6 p.m. to complete their votes). The hours are enumerated exhaustively in the legislative text, leaving no discretion to local administrators to vary them.

Article 50 codifies statutory polling hours: 'voting is carried out from 8 to 20 hours' — 12-hour fixed period. Article 53 codifies early voting. Article 55 (count-of-votes timing). Article 37 (precinct organization). Article 44 (precinct powers). Hours statutorily fixed.

The statute sets a mandatory base polling-hour window (8:00 AM to 1:00 PM) through statutory text. While the King retains limited discretion to extend closing hours in specific circumstances (concurrent elections), the opening hour and baseline closing hour are statutorily enumerated and not left to local administrative discretion. The statute also provides a cure mechanism—voters present before the statutory/modified closing hour retain the right to vote.

The statute explicitly sets opening time at 9:00 a.m. and closing time at 9:00 p.m. for advance polling stations. These times are prescribed in statute (CEA s. 175(1) and (2)), not left to local administrative discretion. The hours are enumerated and mandatory ("shall"), satisfying the procedural-clarity requirement.

“At the opening of an advance polling station at 9:00 a.m., an election officer who is assigned to the advance polling station shall, in full view of the candidates or their representatives who are present, (a) on the 1st day of advance polling, (i) open the ballot box and ascertain that it is empty, (ii) seal the ballot box with the seals provided by the Chief Electoral Officer, and (iii) place the ballot box on a table in full view of all present and keep it there until the close of the advance polling station on that day; and (b) on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th days of advance polling, place the ballot box on a table in full view of all present and keep it there until the close of the advance polling station on that day. Close of advance polling station (2) At the close of an advance polling station at 9:00 p.m. on each of the four days of advance polling”

The statute sets specific opening and closing hours (7 a.m. to 7 p.m.) for all polling locations in binding statutory language. These hours are not delegated to local administrative discretion; they apply uniformly statewide. The statute also enumerates defined grounds for judicial extension (inclement weather, equipment failure, technological problems, voter suppression activities, shortage of supplies, or exigent circumstance) and limits such extensions to six additional hours, providing clear procedural guardrails.

The statute explicitly sets polling-place hours in mandatory, non-discretionary language: polls must open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. on primary days. No administrative discretion or local variation is permitted for these times. This is a clear statutory requirement, satisfying the procedural-clarity criterion for this dimension.

“On the day of the primary, the polls shall remain open for voting from six o'clock a.m. until eight o'clock p.m.”

The statute explicitly sets polling-place opening and closing hours (7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.) in mandatory language ('shall be'), removing administrative discretion and establishing the hours directly by statute rather than delegating to local officials.

“The time for opening the polls for the purpose of conducting a primary election shall be 7:00 in the morning, and the time for closing the polls at such primary election shall be 8:00 in the evening.”

§ 45 codifies that 'in each polling district voting takes place at one polling place. The municipal council provides premises for voting and the necessary number of polling booths and ballot boxes.' § 46 (not in FTS top-5 for this datapoint) codifies polling hours 8:00-20:00 on workdays plus voter-line continuation. § 29 codifies 5-9 valgstyrere per polling place. § 31 codifies duty to serve. § 18 codifies voter list preparation. Statutory polling-hours + polling-place framework codified.

§ 38 of the Riigikogu Election Act sets polling hours by statute — election-day voting from 9:00 to 20:00, with advance-voting hours and days also fixed in the section — not left to local administrative discretion.

“Voting on the election day opens at 9:00 and closes at 20:00.”

§ 68 codifies election-day polling hours: 'election-day voting begins at 09:00 and continues without interruption until 20:00,' with all voters in line by 20:00 entitled to vote. § 69 codifies the polling place. § 9 codifies advance-voting + election-day polling places. § 67 codifies simultaneous voting across all municipalities. Statutory polling hours codified.

“Vaalipäivän äänestys aloitetaan kello 9, ja sitä jatketaan yhtäjaksoisesti kello 20:een.”

The statute (Code électoral, art. R168) exhaustively sets polling-place opening and closing hours by specific time: 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM for first round and 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM for second round in two-round systems, and 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM for proportional representation systems. No discretion is left to local administrators; the hours are fixed and enumerated.

Election Code Article 60(1) codifies statutory polling hours: 'Polling shall take place at a polling station on the election (polling) day from 8:00 to 20:00 hours.' Article 61 codifies precinct opening at 07:00 (preparation). Article 65 codifies polling-conduct procedure. Hours statutorily fixed.

“Polling shall take place at a polling station on the election (polling) day from 8:00 to 20:00 hours.”

§ 21-2-405 codifies poll-officer meeting at polling place at least one hour before polls open. § 21-2-403 (not in FTS top-5 for this datapoint) codifies polling hours 7:00 AM Eastern. § 21-2-450 codifies opening of polls procedure. § 21-2-266 codifies polling places — use of public buildings.

ΠΔ 26/2012 Άρθρο 56 codifies the polling schedule publication by municipal authorities — ≥3 days before election, with exact start/end hours and locations.

“Οι δημοτικές αρχές εκδίδουν και δημοσιεύουν σ’ όλη γενικά την περιφέρειά τους, τρεις τουλάχιστον ημέρες πριν από την ορισμένη για την ψηφοφορία, πρόγραμμα που αναφέρει ακριβώς την ημέρα της ψηφοφορίας, τις ώρες έναρξης και λήξης της”

The statute explicitly sets polling-place opening and closing hours in statutory text (09:00 and 20:00), leaving no discretion to local administrators. The hours are enumerated directly in the law, not delegated to administrative decision-making.

“Valghandlingen åbnes kl. 09:00 og sluttes kl. 20:00”

This statute sets specific, enumerated closing-time requirements in law: minimum 8 hours, minimum 30 minutes after last voter, maximum closing at 10 p.m., with a conditional early-closure option (5 hours) only if universal conditions are met and all parties agree. These rules are fixed by statute rather than left to local discretion; they bind all polling commissions and are not delegated to administrators.

The statute sets mandatory opening and closing times in statute text: 8:00 A.M. opening (with a permissive 7:00 A.M. option for county clerks in primary/general elections) and 8:00 P.M. closing. These times are enumerated clearly and not left to administrative discretion, satisfying the procedural-clarity requirement that polling hours be statutorily grounded rather than delegated to local officials.

“the polls shall be opened at 8:00 A.M. and remain open until all registered electors of that precinct have appeared and voted or until 8:00 P.M. of the same day, whichever comes first”

The statute sets default polling hours by statute (7 a.m.–7 p.m. for central time zone, 6 a.m.–6 p.m. for mountain time zone) and constrains any local modifications within strict statutory bounds (minimum 12 hours, opening no earlier than 6 a.m./5 a.m., closing no later than 8 p.m./7 p.m. and no earlier than 7 p.m./6 p.m.). While the county election officer may set different hours, those hours must fall within these statutorily enumerated parameters and be publicly announced, preventing unbounded administrative discretion.

KRS 118.035 codifies statutory polling-place hours: 'the polls shall be opened on the day of a primary, special election, or regular election at 6 a.m., prevailing time, and shall remain open until each voter who is waiting in line at the polls at 6 p.m., prevailing time, has voted.' Polling hours are fixed by statute, not local discretion.

“The polls shall be opened on the day of a primary, special election, or regular election at 6 a.m., prevailing time”

§ 25 of the Local Government Council Election Law sets polling hours by statute — 7.00 to 20.00 on election day — as do § 15 of the Referendum Law and the parallel Saeima/EP provisions; hours are not left to local administrative discretion.

“On the election day the elections shall take place from 7.00 in the morning till 8.00 in the evening.”

This section sets polling-place hours (the registrar's principal office on election days) by statute, specifying a mandatory opening time of 7:00 a.m. and closing time of 9:00 p.m., with a clear statutory condition for earlier closure. The hours are enumerated exhaustively in the statute and do not rest on local administrative discretion. A second provision also specifies different hours for congressional primary elections (6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.), further confirming statutory control.

Article 147 sets polling-place opening and closing hours by explicit statutory language: opening at 6 AM and closing at 5 PM. The hours are fixed in statute and not delegated to local administrative discretion, satisfying the procedural-clarity requirement for this criterion.

“Le scrutin est ouvert à six (6) heures et clos à dix-sept (17) heures.”

The statute explicitly sets specific, fixed polling-place opening and closing hours (7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.) in the primary legislative text. These times are not delegated to administrative discretion, though the Commission retains limited authority to extend hours if voting time is reduced through circumstances beyond their control. The core requirement is statutorily enumerated and binding.

“Voting shall start at 7.00 a.m. and shall close at 10.00 p.m.”

The statute directly and exhaustively sets polling-place hours in statutory text, requiring opening at 7 a.m. and closing at 8 p.m. This removes discretion from local administrators and provides clear, enumerated timing.

“On an election day, a polling place shall be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.”

This statute sets binding, enumerated constraints on polling-place hours directly in Massachusetts General Law Chapter 54. It specifies maximum closing times (8 p.m.), minimum opening times (7 a.m. for state elections), and minimum duration (13 hours for state elections), leaving no discretion to local administrators. The rules distinguish clearly by election type (state vs. local, city vs. town) and provide concrete mandatory language ('shall').

The statute explicitly sets the opening hour for voting at 8:00 AM on the first Sunday of June in election years, with no discretion left to local administrators. The opening procedure (casilla setup) must occur at 7:30 AM, and votes cannot be received before 8:00 AM. This is a clear, enumerated, statutorily-grounded time requirement.

“En ningún caso se podrán recibir votos antes de las 8:00 horas.”

§ 204C.05 codifies state-election polling hours: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. statewide. § 205.175 codifies municipal-election hours. § 205A.09 codifies school-district hours. § 203B.085 codifies extended county-auditor office hours. Statutory polling hours codified.

“at the state primary and the state general election the hours for voting in every precinct in the state shall begin at 7:00 a.m. and shall extend continuously until 8:00 p.m.”

The statute explicitly mandates polling-place hours as a statewide requirement set by law, not subject to local administrative discretion. The language 'shall be opened at seven o'clock' and 'kept open until seven o'clock in the evening and no longer' establishes fixed, enumerated hours with no delegation to local officials.

The statute explicitly sets fixed polling-place hours (07:00 to 21:00) in statutory text, removing local administrative discretion over when polls open and close. This is clear statutory grounding with no delegation to administrators to vary the times.

“Voting shall take place on the election day between 07.00 and 21.00.”

§ 13-1-106 sets polling-place hours in statute — 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. — with a noon-to-8 option for small precincts; hours are not left to local administrative discretion.

“polling places must be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.”

§ 32-908(1) sets polling-place opening and closing hours by statute with full enumeration: 7 a.m.–7 p.m. in Mountain time zone and 8 a.m.–8 p.m. in Central time zone. The times are mandatory and leave no discretion to local administrators. This satisfies the procedural-clarity criterion for statutory grounding and enumeration.

“At all elections in the area of this state lying within the Mountain Standard or Mountain Daylight time zone, the polls shall open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. of the same day, and in the area lying within the Central Standard or Central Daylight time zone, the polls shall open at 8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. of the same day.”

NRS § 293.273(1) sets polling-place hours by statute with mandatory language ('must open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.'), leaving no discretion to local administrators. The hours are enumerated exhaustively and apply uniformly to all elections under the title, with only a narrow exception cross-referenced to NRS 293.305.

Polling-place hours are set directly by statute with specific enumerated times (6:00 A.M.–8:00 P.M. for general elections; 5:00 P.M.–9:00 P.M. for school elections with limited school board discretion only for additional hours within a statutory range). The core opening and closing times are statutorily fixed, not subject to local administrative discretion.

“The district boards shall open the polls for such election at 6:00 A.M. and close them at 8:00 P.M., and shall keep them open during the whole day of election between these hours; except that for a school election held at a time other than at the time of the general election the polls shall be open between the hours of 5:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M. and during any additional time which the school board may designate between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M.”

§ 8-102 codifies polling-place opening procedure. § 8-100 (not in FTS top-5 for this datapoint) codifies polls open 6am-9pm in general elections (8am-9pm primary, 12-9 in some elections). § 8-108 codifies notice of polling place change. § 8-104 codifies polling place setup.

“shall meet at the polling place at least one-half hour before the time set for opening the polls of election.”

§ 16.1-05-04 codifies duties of election-board members during polling hours including that 'at least one election inspector and two election judges from the election board must be present on the premises of the polling place during the time the polls are open to prevent the occurrence of fraud, deceit, or other irregularity in the conduct of the election.' § 16.1-01-03 (not in FTS top-5 for this datapoint) codifies polls open 9am-7pm with extensions allowed (earliest 7am, latest 9pm). § 16.1-06-19 codifies polling-place postings.

§ 7-1(1) codifies that 'voters can advance-vote domestically from 10 August through the Friday before election day' (Velgere kan forhåndsstemme innenlands fra 10. august til og med fredagen før valgdagen) and that 'the election board itself decides the opening hours for the polling places' (Valgstyret bestemmer selv åpningstidene for valglokalene). § 7-1 also codifies that voters who arrived before closing must be allowed to vote. § 9-1 (not in FTS top-5) codifies election-day voting hours.

“Velgere kan forhåndsstemme innenlands fra 10. august til og med fredagen før valgdagen. Valgstyret bestemmer selv åpningstidene for valglokalene.”

ORC 3501.32 codifies polling-place hours: open at 6:30 a.m., close at 7:30 p.m. (with island-precinct exception). Statutory, not administrative.

“polls shall be opened by proclamation”

The statute explicitly sets polling-place hours at 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. in statutory language, leaving no room for local administrative discretion. This is a clear, enumerated procedure established directly in the statute.

ORS § 246.270 sets polling-place hours by statute, establishing mandatory opening (7 a.m.) and closing (8 p.m.) times that apply uniformly throughout the county on election days. The rule is enumerated exhaustively in the statute itself with no discretion left to local administrators.

Article 39 sets mandatory polling-place hours in statute (7:00 to 21:00 for single-day and two-day voting). The hours are enumerated exhaustively and apply uniformly, leaving no room for local administrative discretion. Limited exceptions (healthcare facilities, ships, overseas locations) are also statutorily defined, preserving the procedural clarity principle.

The section establishes polling-place closing hours by statute: voter admission closes at 19:00 (7 PM), and voting must cease once all registered or present voters have voted after that time. These operational deadlines are enumerated in the statute itself, not left to administrative discretion.

Art. 81 codifies the polling-place schedule: president and members must be present at section at 18:00 the day before election; before 6:00 election day, ballots and stamps verified; § 82 codifies the 6:00 AM opening (election day). Statutory hours codified.

“trebuie să fie prezent la sediul secţiei de votare, în ajunul zilei alegerilor, la ora 18,00”

Article 64 codifies statutory polling-hours floor: 'Duration of voting shall not be less than ten hours.' Specific opening/closing times set by the calling-authority's law. Article 65 codifies early voting (15-day window). Article 27 codifies precinct commission formation. Hours statutorily framed.

§ 12-2-3 codifies polling hours: 'the polls shall be opened at the hour of seven a.m. and remain continuously open until seven p.m., standard time or daylight savings time, whichever is in effect.' § 12-2-4 codifies emergency extensions. § 12-2-8 codifies weather postponements. § 12-18-1.4 codifies attendance during voting. § 12-20-17 codifies results-disclosure timing. Polling hours statutorily codified.

4 kap. 21 § codifies polling-place hours: 'a polling place shall be open for voting at European Parliament elections between 8:00 and 21:00; at other elections: between 8:00 and 20:00 or 21:00 (per municipal decision).' 4 kap. 24 § codifies advance-polling-station hours. 7 kap. 1 § codifies voting venue. 10 kap. 2 § codifies advance-voting start. Statutory polling hours codified.

The statute explicitly sets polling-place hours by law rather than delegating to administrative discretion. Opening and closing times are enumerated by statute, with closing times fixed by time zone (8:00 p.m. Eastern, 7:00 p.m. Central) and minimum opening windows specified (10–13 continuous hours). While the county commission has limited discretion to set a uniform opening time within the statutory bounds, the outer parameters are statutory, not discretionary.

“Polling places shall be open for voting for a minimum of ten (10) continuous hours but no more than thirteen (13) hours. All polling places in counties in the eastern time zone shall close at eight o'clock p.m. (8:00 p.m.) prevailing time and polling places in counties in the central time zone shall close at seven o'clock p.m. (7:00 p.m.) prevailing time.”

Art. IV-248 codifies organization and procedure of voting (polling hours, precinct procedures). Art. II-117 (not in FTS top-5 for this datapoint) codifies polling hours 8:00-20:00 with out-of-country precincts running local time. Art. III-175 / II-120 / IV-250 codify vote counting at precincts. Polling hours statutorily codified.

§ 2561 codifies statutory polling hours: at all Australian-ballot elections the polls 'may open no earlier than 5:00 a.m. and shall open no later than 10:00 a.m. as set by the board of civil authority,' and 'the polls in all polling places shall close at 7:00 p.m.,' with voters in line at closing entitled to vote. Polling hours are fixed by statute.

“The polls in all polling places shall close at 7:00 p.m.”

The statute explicitly sets opening (6:00 a.m.) and closing (7:00 p.m.) times for all polling places, with mandatory language ('shall be open' and 'closed') that leaves no room for local administrative discretion. The times are enumerated exhaustively in the statute itself.

“At all elections, the polls shall be open at each polling place at 6:00 a.m. on the day of the election and closed at 7:00 p.m. on the same day”

The statute explicitly and exhaustively sets polling-place hours in statutory language ('shall be opened' and 'be closed'), specifying precise times (6:30 AM to 7:30 PM) that apply uniformly across all primary, general, and special elections. There is no delegation to local administrative discretion; the rule is mandatory and enumerated in the statute itself.

“At every primary, general, or special election the polls shall be opened in each precinct on the day of the election at 6:30 in the morning and be closed at 7:30 in the evening.”

The statute sets polling-place hours by explicit statutory language, defining a window (9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.) and a minimum duration requirement (5 consecutive hours). While this allows some local discretion within that window, the core procedural requirement—the outer boundaries and minimum duration—is statutorily enumerated and binding, not left to pure administrative discretion. Both left-leaning and right-leaning election scholars would recognize this as a clear statutory grounding of a procedural rule.

“it shall not be necessary to keep the polls open at any election more than five (5) consecutive hours at any time between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election, as set forth in the notice of election”

Iowa Code § 49.73 sets standard closing hours (8:00 p.m.) and a default opening time (7:00 a.m.) by statute. However, it grants the commissioner discretion to alter opening hours based on discretionary factors (voter turnout and other conditions), which delegates a key procedural decision to administrative judgment rather than exhaustive statutory enumeration. The default closing time is clear, but the opening-hours provision is partially displaced by administrative discretion.

§ 71 codifies special polling stations in medical-treatment and social-care facilities, and general polling-place hours are set in the parallel § 60/§ 67-style provisions; the surfaced sections cover the special-facility schedule rather than statutory general opening and closing hours.

The statute provides a default baseline (7:30 a.m. opening, 9:00 p.m. closing) and requires 14 days' public notice, satisfying the statutory-grounding requirement. However, the default hours can be altered by burgemeester en wethouders (mayor and aldermen) using discretionary language ('kunnen bepalen...waar dat wenselijk is'), which delegates the actual polling-place hours to local administrative discretion within broad parameters rather than fixing them in statute itself.

“Burgemeester en wethouders kunnen voor stembureaus waar dat wenselijk is met het oog op de plaats waar de bureaus zitting houden bepalen dat de stemming bij deze stembureaus aanvangt op een eerder of een later tijdstip dan zeven uur dertig en eindigt op een eerder tijdstip dan eenentwintig uur.”

§ 1209 codifies opening-of-polls procedure (ballot-box opening, posting of instructions, seal-breaking) but the surfaced text does not include the statutory opening/closing hours (per PA § 1208, hours are 7 a.m.–8 p.m., not surfaced in this candidate set).

§ 32.091 references the statutory election-day polling schedule — barring payment of judges/clerks 'for more than two hours of work before the polls open' and after 'the time for closing the polls.' Election-day polling hours (7 a.m.–7 p.m.) are fixed by statute in § 41.031 of the Election Code; the hours section itself did not surface for this datapoint, so statutory poll hours are evidenced by cross-reference.

The statute sets a maximum closing time (17:00), which provides a statutory upper bound. However, the statute does not set actual opening and closing hours directly—it delegates to local municipal authorities (Gemeindewahlbehörden) the power to 'determine' (setzen) polling hours within that constraint. The opening time is not specified at all. This is administrative discretion bounded by statute, not full statutory specification of hours.

“Das Ende der Wahlzeit darf nicht später als auf 17.00 Uhr festgelegt werden.”

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Чл. 434 codifies data entry into protocol before opening ballot box (municipal elections); not polling hours.

Cal. Elec. Code § 15281 references 'the official time fixed for the closing of the polls' as a known statutory anchor — implying poll hours are codified statutorily (Div 14 § 14212 sets 7am-8pm). § 15250.5 references 'when the polls are closed.' Hours are statutory but the section that sets them wasn't ingested.

No matching sections in corpus.

Article 57 merely lists mandatory instructions (Z III – redoslijed izbornih radnji i tijek rokova, concerning 'sequence of electoral actions and course of deadlines') without stating the substantive polling-hour rule itself. The article delegates the specifics to secondary instructions rather than establishing statutory polling hours directly. The text does not enumerate polling opening/closing times or ground them in this statutory provision.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 76 of Law 247/1995 concerns the second round of elections and candidate advancement rules; it does not address polling-place hours at all. The section specifies timing for when the second round must begin (day 6 or day 13 after first-round voting) but does not set statutory hours for when polling places must open or close.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

The statute sets a default polling-place hour (8am to 6pm) in clear, enumerated form, satisfying the statutory grounding requirement. However, § 47(2) grants the Landeswahlleiter (state election director) discretionary power to modify opening hours in individual cases based on 'besondere Gründe' (special reasons), which is undefined and left to administrative judgment. This discretionary override undermines the statutory fixity required by the criterion: hours are not reliably set by statute alone, as they may be altered at administrator discretion without further statutory constraint.

“Die Wahl dauert von 8 bis 18 Uhr.”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 11-18 addresses voter registration transfer procedures when a voter changes precincts, not polling-place hours. It contains no information about when polling places open or close, and therefore does not satisfy the criterion requiring statutory specification of polling-place hours.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses only the procedural mechanics of opening and marking provisional ballot envelopes after they have been determined valid. It contains no language establishing or governing polling-place opening and closing hours. The criterion asks whether such hours are set by statute rather than administrative discretion, but this section does not address polling-place hours at all.

The statute establishes that polling hours are set by the Minister (a statutory actor), but the criterion asks whether opening and closing hours are set BY STATUTE, not by ministerial discretion. Section 86 delegates the actual hour-fixing to the Minister and permits discretionary deviation ('as soon as possible') based on weather/transport. The closing hour is similarly subject to the presiding officer's discretion ('is of opinion that... he may then close'). There is no enumerated, fixed statutory hour; the procedure relies on ministerial and administrative judgment.

“where, owing to stress of weather or transport difficulties, the poll cannot begin at the hour fixed by the Minister for the commencement of the poll, it shall begin as soon as possible after that hour”

The statute sets outer bounds (6:00 am to 22:00) for polling hours but explicitly delegates authority to territorial and precinct election commissions to establish actual opening and closing times within those bounds. This leaves the specific polling-place hours to local administrative discretion rather than statutory enumeration, failing the procedural-clarity criterion that hours be set by statute.

“Territorial election commissions, on the proposal of the relevant akim, precinct election commissions, shall have the right to establish a different time for the start and end of voting. Wherein, voting may not begin earlier than six o'clock and end later than twenty-two.”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Article 181 addresses the procedural handling of mail-in ballots that arrive after 2 PM on election day (their destruction and documentation), not the statutory setting of polling-place opening and closing hours. The section contains no provision that establishes or specifies in-person polling-place hours of operation. While the text references 'deux heures de l'après-midi du jour du scrutin' (2 PM on election day), this is a deadline for mail receipt, not a statement of polling-place hours.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 711 addresses the preparation and filing of election returns after voting has concluded. It contains no provisions regarding polling-place opening or closing hours. The criterion asks whether such hours are set by statute rather than administrative discretion, but this section does not engage that question at all—it is about post-election return procedures, not voting-place operations.

This section addresses early voting site location/selection but does not set specific opening/closing hours by statute. It references 'the hour prescribed for the closing' without enumerating it here, so this particular section does not establish polling-place hours.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses ballot counting procedures and handling of damaged or defective ballots at the counting location, not polling-place hours. The criterion requires statutory specification of polling-place opening and closing hours; this section contains no information about when polling places open or close. The section does not engage with the topic of the criterion at all.

The statute establishes a floor (no early closing) but delegates the foundational hours to the 'warrant' and RSA 659:3, neither of which is quoted here. The section does not itself set opening or closing hours by statute; it only constrains local variation around hours set elsewhere. This leaves the primary determination to warrant authority and cross-referenced provisions, not to the statute itself.

“Except as provided in RSA 659:3, in all state elections, the voters present at the polling place may vote to keep the polls open until a later hour but may not vote to close the polls at an earlier hour than that prescribed in the warrant.”

The statute sets only a narrow parameter band (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) within which county clerks may set hours, leaving the actual opening and closing times to administrative discretion. The only hard statutory requirement is a 7:00 a.m. opening on election day itself; all other hours are determined by the county clerk. This does not satisfy the procedural-clarity standard because the key procedural rule (specific hours) is delegated to the administrator, not enumerated in statute.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses buffer zones and election-related activity restrictions around voting places, not polling-place hours. It contains no provision setting, prescribing, or limiting the opening and closing times of polling places. The criterion asks whether hours are set by statute rather than administrative discretion; this section is silent on hours altogether and therefore does not satisfy the criterion.

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section concerns telephone access and reimbursement for election officials at polling places. It does not address polling-place opening and closing hours at all. The criterion asks whether hours are set by statute; this section provides no information about hours or their statutory basis.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

The statute mandates that voting hours must be prescribed, but delegates the actual setting of those hours to the Commission (an administrative body), not to the statute itself. Section 36(1) requires prescription by a deadline, and s.36(2) permits the Commission discretion to vary hours by station. The statute sets a procedural requirement for administrative action, not the hours themselves. This fails the criterion's core requirement that hours be 'set by statute' rather than administrative discretion.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 7-13-1740 addresses sample ballots and voting machine instruction materials available at polling places. It contains no language regarding polling-place opening or closing hours, their statutory specification, or any procedural framework governing when polls must open or close. The section is wholly unrelated to the criterion topic.

The statute sets an improrrogable window (8th to 3rd day before election, both inclusive) for in-person ballot deposit at consular locations, specified in Article 75.4. However, this applies only to Spanish nationals voting abroad via consular channels, not to general domestic polling places. For the broader polling-place hours criterion, the section does not address standard domestic polling-place opening/closing times—it addresses only the consular voting period. The statutory specificity exists for the consular context but the criterion asks about polling-place hours generally.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Polling-place opening/closing hours for domestic elections are not codified in the surfaced statutes. YSK announces hours per election (typically 08:00–17:00 for general elections) by general decision. The candidates cover overseas voting time-windows (Madde 94/E/C, 45 days before through election day) but not statutory domestic hours.

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: 52 USC § 20981 (EAC studies); not polling-place hours.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses the county clerk's duty to deliver and verify the official register before polls open, but it does not set or enumerate statutory polling-place opening and closing hours. The statute mentions that polls open at early voting centers and polling places but does not specify what those hours are or which entity sets them. No statutory hour requirement is stated or referenced.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses county central committee organization meetings and internal party procedures, not polling-place hours. It contains no provisions regarding when polling places open or close, and therefore does not engage with the criterion's subject matter at all.

§ 5.25 codifies polling-place location requirements. § 5.35 codifies polling-place requirements (booth count, flag, etc.). Polling hours (7am-8pm) are in § 6.78 (Ch. 6, not ingested).