§ Electoral Code art. 38Setting up of polling stations and electoral bureaux of polling stations

Setting up of polling stations and electoral bureaux of polling stations
(1) In order to carry out voting and vote counting, constituencies shall be divided into
polling stations.
(2) Polling stations shall be set up by electoral constituency councils in localities, based
on the proposals from the mayors of towns (municipalities) and villages (communes), at least
35 days before the date of elections, and shall comprise minimum 30 and maximum 3000
voters. At the proposal of the mayors of towns (municipalities) and villages (communes), the
ceiling of 3000 voters may be exceeded by a maximum of 10 per cent. For elections at all
levels and for republican referendums, polling stations shall be constituted within the same
deadline. The premises of polling stations shall, as a rule, be established on the ground floor
of publicly owned premises and shall be arranged in such a way as to facilitate access to them
for elderly and disabled persons.
(3) Special polling stations may be set up in addition to hospitals, sanatoriums,
maternities, nursing homes and retirement homes. These polling stations must include at least
30 voters.
(4) Persons serving military service shall vote at the polling station in the place where
the military unit is located.
(5) In the case of new, partial local elections of the local referendum, where no secondlevel electoral constituency council is established, polling stations and their electoral bureaux
shall be established by the first-level electoral constituency council.
(6) The electoral constituency council shall number the polling stations in the
constituency and publicise information on the boundaries of each polling station, the address
of the electoral bureaux of the polling stations, the address of the location for voting and the
contact method for relations.
(7) Polling stations are numbered in alphabetical order, starting with the domicile of the
electoral constituency council, then continuing with those in municipalities (sectors), towns,
communes and villages.
(8) Town halls shall provide the electoral bureaux of the polling stations with the
information and support necessary for the performance of their duties under this Code.
(9) Electoral bureaux of polling stations shall be set up by electoral constituency
councils at least 25 days before the election day, from an odd number of members of minimum
5 and maximum 11 persons.
(10) The members of the electoral bureau of the polling station shall be appointed as
follows:
a) three applications shall be nominated by the local council;
b) one is appointed by each political party represented in Parliament.
(11) If the political parties fail to submit their nominations in the composition of the
electoral bureau of the polling station no later than 5 days before the expiry of the deadline for
its establishment, the required number of nominations shall be filled in by the local council,
and if the local council fails to submit the nominations, and if, after appointment or in the
absence of appointment of nominations by all legal persons, their number is not sufficient or
is an odd number, the remaining seats shall be filled in by the electoral constituency council,
on a proposal from the Central Electoral Commission, from among the persons included in the
Register of Electoral Officials.
(12) For the position of member of the electoral bureau of the polling station, only
persons who have completed refresher training in the Electoral Training Centre and hold
appropriate certificates of qualification valid on the date of confirmation shall be designated.
As far as possible, the composition of electoral bureaux shall include persons with higher legal
qualifications or in the field of public administration.
(13) Within 2 days of the date of setting up of the electoral bureau of the polling station,
its members shall elect the secretary of the bureau from among themselves, communicating
immediately the results of these elections to the electoral constituency council and publicly
announcing the composition and seat of the electoral bureau, and how to contact them for
relations.
(14) The electoral bureau of the polling station shall take decisions by a vote of an
absolute majority of members.
(15) The specific features of the organisation and functioning of the electoral bureau
of the polling station shall be laid down in its rules of activity, approved by decision of the
Central Electoral Commission.
(16) For the purpose of securing and implementing electoral law, the Central Electoral
Commission may set up polling stations and electoral bureaux of polling stations in other
cases.