§ Article 18Powers of the Polling District Committee

The polling district committee shall:
1) receive voter lists from the constituency electoral committee, provide conditions for electors, representatives of parties at the elections to familiarise themselves with said lists, hand or deliver in some other way certificates to voters, inform the constituency electoral committee about inaccuracies noticed in the voter list of a polling district;
2) investigate complaints about the errors made in voter lists;
3) in the manner prescribed by the Central Electoral Committee, monitor voting by post conducted in the territory of a polling district, ensure that conditions for voting by post are provided in all health care, social care and guardianship institutions, military units and the places of confinement situated in the territory of the polling district;
4) together with a representative of the municipality administration make arrangements in accordance with the requirements set forth in this Law about a timely preparation of the polling station, voting booths and ballot boxes;
5) organise voting in the polling district on the day of elections;
6) count votes and draw up the vote counting record of the polling district;
7) consider the complaints of the voters and observers of their electoral district on issues concerning preparation of the elections, organisation of voting, vote counting, drawing up a vote counting record, and adopt decisions related to them; and
8) exercise other powers provided for in this Law.