§ Article 23Electoral precincts

Electoral precincts

1. To conduct polling and count votes, an electoral district shall be divided into electoral precincts.

2. An electoral precinct shall be set up for not less than 20 and not more than 1 500 voters. The respective DEC shall set up electoral precincts, define
their boundaries and numbers not later than July 1 of the election year, and shall publish, within two days, the respective information about the
boundaries of the electoral precincts. Based on the data of local self-government bodies, the DEC shall define and specify the list and addresses of the
residential buildings within the area of the electoral precinct, also the list and addresses of all facilities that may be used by the Electoral Administration
for election purposes. If extraordinary elections of the Parliament of Georgia are called, the electoral precincts shall be set up not later than 40 days
before Election Day.

3. Information about the boundaries of electoral precincts, specifying the addresses of all residential buildings (if any), shall be posted inside the DEC
building.

4. In exceptional cases (a military unit with more than 50 voters (military servicemen, officers, persons with a special rank of the Georgian Ministry for
Defense), hospital, and other inpatient facility with more than 50 voters, etc.), an electoral precinct may be set up not later than the 15th day before the
polling day. A hospital (inpatient facility) or a military unit with not more than 50 voters (patients, military servicemen) shall be assigned by DEC
decree to the nearest electoral precinct. At the well-founded written request of the commander of a respective military unit and by DEC decree, an
electoral precinct may be set up within the military unit, in which the number of voters does not exceed 50 military servicemen.

5. A relevant DEC shall specify the boundaries of electoral precincts, also the list and addresses of the buildings and structures referred to in the second
paragraph of this article located within an electoral precinct not later than the 50th day before Election Day based on data and verification provided by
the local self-government bodies acting in the territory of a self-governing city/community. The specified boundaries of electoral precincts shall be
published immediately.

6. Electoral precincts within military units shall be set up under the procedure defined in this Law, according to the location of the military unit.

7. Electoral precincts abroad shall be set up by the CEC based on data provided by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, not later than the 30th
day before Election Day, for not less than 20 and not more than 3 000 voters. The CEC shall summarize the results of the above electoral precincts in
separate protocols.

8. A DEC shall, not later than the fifth day after setting up an electoral precinct, and within two days in the case provided for in the fourth paragraph of
this article, publish on the CEC official website the numbers of electoral precincts, as well as addresses, telephone (fax) numbers, and other details of
PECs.

Organic Law of Georgia No 901 of 29 July 2013 – website, 20.8.2013

Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014