§ Article 60Polling time and place

Polling time and place

1. Polling shall take place at a polling station on the election (polling) day from 8:00 to 20:00 hours.

2. It is prohibited to lock the polling station during voting or to terminate or suspend voting, except when it is impossible to ensure the universal and
equal suffrage and free expression of the will of voters.

3. The PEC chairperson shall unilaterally decide to close a polling station temporarily, to terminate or suspend polling, to re-open the polling station,
and to resume polling, and he/she shall be fully responsible for making such a decision.

4. In the case of the temporary closure of a polling station, a PEC shall, immediately after polling is terminated or suspended, decide to approve or
revoke the decision made by the PEC chairperson. After suspension of polling, the PEC shall have the right to decide to terminate polling and to close
the electoral precinct. The PEC shall make the above decisions by a decree specifying the cause and the time of temporary closure of the polling station,
termination, or suspension of polling. As soon as the cause of temporary closure of the polling place or suspension of polling is removed, the polling
process shall be resumed by a decree of the commission chairperson. If polling is declared terminated, it shall not be resumed.

5. A voter may stay at the polling station only during the time required for voting.

6. A PEC shall declare polling completed any time before 20:00 at electoral precincts set up at military units, hospitals, and other inpatient facilities and
hard-to-access areas, provided all voters on the list of voters participated in the polling.

7. It is prohibited to conduct polling before the day or after the day of polling, except for the cases provided for by the legislation of Georgia.