Organisation of voting (1) The premises of polling stations shall be arranged in such a way as to ensure compliance with the requirements of accessibility, legality, transparency, efficiency and solemn character of the voting process. The solemn character of the voting process shall be ensured by the intonation of the state anthem at the opening of the polling station and the display of state symbols in the polling station. The method of arranging the infrastructure of the polling station shall be determined by instruction from the Central Electoral Commission. (2) Voting shall take place in specially equipped premises with tables where ballot papers are issued, booths or rooms for secret ballot and ballot boxes. The ballot boxes shall be installed in such a way that the voter, in order to approach them, necessarily crosses the booth or room for secret ballot. The polling station premises must be equipped with a sufficient number of booths or rooms to avoid congestion. (3) To ensure order in the polling station and avoid congestion, the electoral bureau of the polling station shall establish a route for voters, starting from the entrance, to the tables recording the fact of participating in the vote, then the ballot papers shall be issued, then the secret ballot booth and ballot boxes shall be entered. (4) The location of the polling station must be arranged in such a way as to enable members of the electoral bureau of the polling station and other persons authorised to attend electoral operations, to continuously supervise all aspects of the voting process, including the identification of the voter, the handing over of the ballot papers and their insertion in ballot boxes, the counting of votes and the drawing up of minutes. (5) Local public administration authorities shall be required to provide electoral bodies with premises corresponding to the rigours set out in the regulation on accessibility of the electoral process for people with disabilities, approved by the Central Electoral Commission. The local public administration authorities shall provide the polling station with booths, ballot boxes and other necessary materials, in accordance with the instruction laid down in paragraph (1). (6) The electoral bureau of the polling station shall bear responsibility for organising voting, secrecy of voters’ expression, the fitting-out of premises and keeping order at the premises.
§ Electoral Code art. 77Organisation of voting
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