§ Article 62Polling day log-book

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Polling day log-book

1. The polling process at an electoral precinct as well as claims, complaints, and comments concerning the progress of polling shall be recorded in a
polling day log-book (‘the log-book’).

2. The log-book shall be maintained in the Georgian language, while for those electoral districts for which ballot papers are also printed in other
languages understandable to the local population, the log-book may also be maintained in the respective language.

3. The log-book shall be delivered to the commission secretary who is, together with the commission chairperson, in charge of recording every election
procedure during the polling day in the log-book and of specifying the time of implementation thereof.

4. One copy of the log-book together with ballot papers shall be delivered to PECs.

5. The log-book shall be bound with a lace; the lace shall be sealed, the sheet to be sealed shall be signed by the DEC chairperson and secretary, and shall
be affixed with a DEC seal. Every page of the log-book shall be numbered and the number of the electoral district and the electoral precinct shall be
specified on each page.

6. The PEC secretary shall record on page 4 of the log-book the amount of unused ballot papers and envelopes delivered to persons accompanying a
mobile ballot box that remain in the ballot box after polling.

7. The commission secretary shall record on page 5 of the log-book the information regarding temporary delegation of a commission member’s duties
defined by casting lots to another member of the commission.

8. The commission secretary shall record on pages 6 and 9 of the log-book every set of data to be entered into the summary protocol when summarising
polling results.

9. All persons authorised to be present at a polling place may record in the log-book all claims, complaints, and comments related to the polling
procedure on the polling day (page 10 and the following pages of the log-book shall be used for this purpose), and may specify witnesses (if any). Persons
making records in the log-book shall specify their first and last names, and address as provided on the identity card of a citizen of Georgia.

10. No one shall have the right to prevent any person authorised to be present at a polling place from making records in the log-book.

11. The log-book shall be closed after polling results are summarised. It shall be signed by the chairperson and the secretary of the PEC and certified
with the PEC seal. The log-book shall be sealed together with applications/complaints received and forwarded to the higher DEC together with the
sealed documents specified in Article 67(51) and the summary protocol(s) of a PEC.

Organic Law of Georgia No 2289 of 17 April 2014 – website, 17.4.2014

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