§ Article 23Referendum

Polling Districts
1. Taking into account the convenience for a voter to reach the polling station and the number of voters, the cities and regional areas shall be divided into polling districts and while organising and conducting the referendum, these shall become referendum polling districts.
2. If necessary, upon the recommendation of a mayor the Central Electoral Committee shall change the division of a city, regional territory, which is constant in organising and conducting the referendums, into referendum polling districts. The Central Electoral Committee shall publish the list of approved referendum polling districts in the annex to the “State Gazette,” “Information Bulletin.”
3. A maximum of five thousand citizens, who are eligible to vote, must live in the territory of the referendum-polling district.
4. The boundaries of a referendum polling district and the address of a polling station shall be changed if necessary, but no later than 100 days prior to the referendum vote. In his recommendation for approval of the division of the municipal area into referendum polling districts, the mayor shall indicate the proposed name of the polling district, addresses which comprise the referendum polling district, the number of citizens in the referendum polling district being formed and the address and telephone number of the polling station. The proposed changes must be indicated in the recommendation to change the distribution of the municipal area into referendum polling districts. These changes must be submitted to the Central Electoral Committee at least 110 days prior to the day of voting in the referendum. Should it not be possible to accommodate the referendum voting in the previously designated polling station, the Central Electoral Committee may, upon the recommendation of the city and regional referendum committee, change the polling station address up to one day prior to the referendum and a shorter time limit, if this is not stipulated in this Article.