§ Article 61(untitled)

olling Station

 1. A polling station shall be made available to a precinct commission free of charge by
the head of corresponding municipal formation and in cases established by this Federal Law,
another federal law, by the commanding officer of a military unit, the captain of a ship, the head
of a polar station, the head of a diplomatic or consular mission of the Russian Federation.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)
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 2. A polling station shall have a hall with booths or other special places for secret
balloting, provided with a lighting system and writing utensils other than pencils.

 3. Inside or directly in front of the polling station a precinct election commission shall set
up a notice-board for displaying the following information on all candidates, lists of candidates,
election associations, included in the ballot: (as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005,
№.93-FZ)
 а) biographical information of candidates in the scope established by commission
organizing elections but not less than the scope of biographical information indicated in the
ballot;
 b) if candidate, list of candidates were nominated by election association, the words
"Nominated by election association” specifying the name of election association that nominated
candidate, list of candidates;
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)
 c) if the candidate is self-nominated, the word “self-nomination”;
(Paragraph “c” as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)
 d) ceased to be in force. – The Federal Law of February 9, 2009, No.3-FZ;
 e) information on personal income and property of candidates in the scope established
by election commission organizing elections;
 f) information on inaccuracy of the data submitted by candidates referred to in Clause 2
and 3, Article 33 of this Federal Law (if such information is available).

 4. If a registered candidate, including candidates in the lists of candidates, has a
conviction that has not been withdrawn or spent, the notice-board shall display information on
such candidate’s convictions.

 5. Ceased to be in force. – The Federal Law of July 25, 2006, No.128-FZ.

 6. At a referendum, the notice-board shall carry informational materials on referendum
questions, including the text of the regulatory act put to referendum.

 7. Materials placed on the notice-board shall not contain elements of election
campaigning, referendum campaigning.

 71 In order to inform voters, referendum participants that are visually impaired, the
notice-board shall have materials referred to in Clauses 3, 4 and 6 of this Article printed in large
fonts and (or) with the use of Braille alphabet. Election precincts, referendum precincts which
notice-boards shall have such materials are determined by the decision of commission
organizing elections, referendum, and at election to federal bodies of state power – by the
decision of election commission of the subject of the Russian Federation.
(Clause 71 introduced by the Federal Law of June 14, 2011, No.143-FZ)

 8. The notice-board shall carry samples of marked ballots that must not contain the
names of candidates registered in this electoral district, names of election associations
participating in this election, as well as samples of ballots for voting at referendum that must
show all options for marking the ballot (ballots).
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 9. At the polling station, there shall be an enlarged form of the protocol of voting results
designed for entering voting results in the course of their establishment. Such enlarged form of
the protocol of voting results shall be posted before the commencement of voting so that it is
within the field of vision of members of precinct election commission, observers, at a distance at
which they can read the information contained therein.
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 10. Inside the polling station there shall be stationary ballot boxes. The functions of
stationary ballot boxes may be performed by vote-counting machines, including programmed
technical complexes for processing of ballots. During electronic voting complexes for electronic
voting shall be used.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 11. The polling station shall be equipped in the way ensures that the places where
ballots are issued, places for secret balloting, and ballot boxes, technical equipment for vote
counting remain in the field of vision of members of precinct commission and observers.