§ Section 18(untitled)

(1) At 7.00 in the morning a chairperson of
the polling station commission or the secretary shall, in the
presence of the commission, ascertain that the ballot boxes,
allotted for depositing ballot papers, are empty. After this the
opening part of the box shall be sealed.
(2) Without interfering with the work of the commission, the
election procedure may be concurrently observed by not more than
two authorised observers from each political party or alliance of
political parties that has submitted the list of candidates for
the respective constituency, and also by the members of the
Central Election Commission, members of the relevant local
government election commission, and persons authorised by these
commissions, mass media representatives. A candidate may not act
as an authorised observer.
[30 May 2002; 9 March 2006; 26 February 2009; 6 February
2014; 8 April 2021]