§ Electoral Code art. 40Particularities of the establishment and functioning of polling stations for

Particularities of the establishment and functioning of polling stations for
voters on the left bank of Nistru (Transnistria) and the electoral bureaux of polling stations for
the localities on the left bank of Nistru (Transnistria)
(1) In the case of parliamentary elections, presidential elections and republican
referendums, for voters in the localities on the left bank of Nistru (Transnistria), the Central
Electoral Commission, at least 35 days before the date of the election, may organise polling
stations based in the territory of the Republic of Moldova under the constitutional jurisdiction
of the central public authorities.
(2) When setting up these polling stations, the Central Electoral Commission shall take
into account the data in the State Registry of Voters in relation to the dynamics of voter
participation in the last 3 ballots, taking into account the information or proposals of the entities
responsible for implementing the reintegration and security policy, which, when drawing up
these proposals, will take into account the administrative-territorial organisation, the
specificities of access and communication routes, and the provision of voters’ access to the
electoral process and to the electoral bodies concerned.
(3) The electoral body in charge shall set up separate polling stations for voters in the
localities on the left bank of Nistru (Transnistria), which belong to the respective constituency
established by the Central Electoral Commission under the approved rules. These polling
stations shall report to the electoral council set up in accordance with the provisions of Article
35.
(4) When setting up the electoral bureaux of polling stations for voters in the localities
on the left bank of Nistru (Transnistria), the provisions of Article 38 shall apply in the
appropriate manner. The power to appoint the members to the electoral bureau of the polling
station for the voters in the localities on the left bank of Nistru (Transnistria) is incumbent upon
the local public administration body, which manages the administrative-territorial unit or the
sector in which the seat of this section is located.
(5) The particularities of the organisation and functioning of the electoral bureaux of
the polling stations for voters in the localities on the left bank of Nistru (Transnistria) shall be
regulated by the Central Electoral Commission.