§ Article 64Inking of voters

Inking of voters

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1. Inking of voters shall be conducted in every electoral precinct (except for the cases referred to in the fifth paragraph of this article), which implies
applying of invisible and nonhazardous indelible ink on the voter's right thumbnail or forefinger nail (in the case of impossibility to perform this action,
the invisible and indelible ink shall be applied on the voter’s right nail of another finger, and if this is also impossible, the same procedure shall be
conducted on the left hand).

2. A voter shall go through the inking verification procedure provided by the respective election commission member upon entering a polling room.
The commission member shall illuminate the place for inking with a special device and after making sure that a voter has not been inked before, he/she
shall grant the voter the right to participate in polling. If the device determines that a voter has been inked before, the voter shall be restricted from
participating in polling and his/her name shall be recorded in the log-book.

3. A voter who has gone through the inking verification procedure shall move to the registration desk, where the registrar of voters shall ink a voter and
issue a ballot paper(s). In the case of refusal to inking, a voter shall have no right to vote and a ballot paper(s) shall not be issued to him/her.

4. If a member of the election commission, an observer present at an electoral precinct and/or a representative of an electoral subject becomes suspicious
of the inking or inking verification procedure, he/she shall have the right to require the repeated conduct of the procedure referred to in the second
and/or third paragraph of this article. The same persons shall have the right to require respective responses to any identified violation of the inking
procedure.

5. Inking shall not apply to prisons/penal institutions, hospitals and other inpatient facilities (for patients), or to mobile voters.

[5. Inking shall not apply to penitentiary institutions, hospitals and other inpatient facilities (for patients), or to mobile voters. (Shall become effective as
from 1 July 2015)]

6. A voter who has gone through the inking procedure and has participated in an election may not vote again at the same or another electoral precinct.

7. An individual violating the requirements referred to in this article shall be held liable under the legislation of Georgia.

Organic Law of Georgia No 3562 of 1 May 2015 – website, 18.5.2015