§ Article 66(untitled)

rocedure of Voting of Voters, Referendum Participants Outside Polling
Station

 1. Precinct commission shall make proper arrangements to enable voters, referendum
participants to vote if they are included in the list of voters, referendum participants in the given
election precinct, referendum precinct but are unable to come to the polling station for valid
reasons (poor health, physical disability). Precinct commission shall also make voting
arrangements for voters, referendum participants who are included in the list of voters,
referendum participants of the given election precinct, referendum precinct but are kept in
places of confinement of persons suspected or accused of commission of crimes.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 2. Save as otherwise provided by Clause 1, Article 65 of this Federal Law, voting outside
the polling station shall be conducted only on the voting day on the basis of a written or oral
application of a voter, referendum participant (which may be delivered through other persons)
for voting outside the polling station. Precinct commission shall record all received applications
(oral applications) in a special register and, after the end of voting, shall keep this register
together with the list of voters, referendum participants.
(as amended by the Federal Law of May 31, 2010, No.112-FZ)

 3. An entry in the register mentioned in Clause 2 of this Article recording an oral
application shall indicate the time when the application was received; surname, first name and
patronymic of the voter , referendum participant who stated his intention to vote outside the
polling station; residential address of the voter. The entry shall be signed by a member of the
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precinct commission who received the application. If such application was delivered by another
person, the register shall also indicate surname, first name and patronymic of this person and
his residential address. When members of the precinct commission come to the voter,
referendum participant, such voter, referendum participant shall confirm his statement by a
written application.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 4. A written or oral application of a voter, referendum participant for voting outside the
polling station must state the reason why the voter, referendum participant is unable to come to
the polling station. The application shall contain his surname, first name and patronymic of the
voter, referendum participant and his residential address.
(Clause 4 as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 5. Written or oral applications referred to in Clause 4 of this Article may be submitted to
precinct commission at any time after such precinct commission is formed but not later than in
six hours before the voting ends. Written or oral application that was received later than
indicated time shall not be satisfied, and voter, referendum participant, or the person that
provided assistance in delivering such application shall be informed about it at the moment of
receiving a written or oral application.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 25, 2011, No.262-FZ)

 6. Chairman of precinct commission shall announce that members of precinct
commission will conduct voting outside the polling station but not later than in 30 minutes before
they leave to start such voting, and offer voting members of precinct commission and observers
to present at such voting.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 25, 2011, No.262-FZ)

 7. Precinct commission may recognize the reason why voter, referendum participant
cannot come to polling station unsatisfactory and on this ground to refuse voter, referendum
participant to vote outside the polling station. Commission shall immediately notify voter,
referendum participant of such refusal to carry voting outside polling station.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 8. Precinct commission shall have the necessary number of mobile ballot boxes to
conduct voting outside the polling station. The number of such boxes shall be determined by a
decision of immediately superior commission, and if at election to bodies of local self-
government, local referendum the territory of single electoral district, referendum district
coincides with the territory of election precinct, referendum precinct – by a decision of precinct
commission. Maximum quantity of mobile ballot boxes for voting outside the polling station at
one election precinct, referendum precincts depending on the number of voters, referendum
participants registered in the territory of election precinct, referendum precinct amounts to:
(as amended by the Federal Laws of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ, of July 25, 2011, No.262-FZ)
 1) less than 501 voters, referendum participants – 1 mobile ballot box;
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 25, 2011, No.262-FZ)
 2) from 501 to 1001 voters, referendum participants – 2 mobile ballot boxes;
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 25, 2011, No.262-FZ)
 3) over 1000 voters, referendum participants – 3 mobile ballot boxes.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 25, 2011, No.262-FZ)

 81 By the decision of corresponding commission stated in Clause 8 of this Article the
quantity of mobile ballot boxes for voting outside the polling station stated in Paragraphs “a” and
“b”, Clause 8 of this Article may be increased but by no more than 1 mobile ballot box in
presence of any of the following conditions:
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 1) election precinct, referendum precinct includes territories of several settlements and
settlement where polling station is located is outside walking distance to other settlements
during the voting period;
 2) absence of election precinct, referendum precinct in the territory of election precinct,
referendum precinct where voters, referendum participants stay temporarily;
 3) over 50 voters over 80 years old and (or) disabled voters, referendum participants are
registered in accordance with Clause 10, Article 16 of this Federal Law in the territory of
election precinct, referendum precinct data on which are submitted in accordance with Clause
161, Article 20 of this Federal Law;
 4) when the voting days of several elections coincide, a voter may vote simultaneously
using more than two ballots.
(Clause 81 introduced by the Federal Law of July 25, 2011, No.262-FZ)

 9. Voting members of precinct commission who conduct voting outside the polling station
on written or oral applications shall receive ballots and sign for their. Total number of received
ballots may not exceed by more than 5 percent the number of written or oral applications
received by the moment of such voting (not less than two ballots). Voting outside the polling
station shall be conducted by not less than two voting members of precinct commission, who
shall bring with them a mobile ballot box sealed beforehand in precinct commission; the
required number of ballots of the standard form; the register mentioned in Clause 2 of this
Article or a certified excerpt from the register containing the necessary data on the voter,
referendum participant and the information on the received written or oral application for voting
outside the polling station; the written applications of voters, referendum participants for voting
outside the polling station; the necessary writing utensils (except pencils) for voters, referendum
participants to mark the ballots. If not less than two persons referred to in Clause 14 of this
Article are present at voting outside the polling station, the voting outside polling station may be
conducted by one voting member of precinct commission.
(as amended by the Federal Laws of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ, of July 25, 2011, No.262-FZ)

 10. Voting outside the polling station shall be conducted in accordance with the
provisions of Article 64 of this Federal Law.

 11. In the written application for voting outside the polling station a voter, referendum
participant shall write the series and number of his passport or a document equivalent to
citizen’s passport and shall sign for receipt of the ballot. With the consent or upon the request of
the voter, referendum participant the series and number of his passport or a document
equivalent to citizen’s passport may be written in the application by a voting member of the
precinct commission. Voting members of the precinct commission shall confirm the issuance of
a ballot by putting their signatures in the written application. A corresponding note shall be
made on the application when a new ballot is issued in place of a spoilt one and in case of
receipt by voter, referendum participant of two and more ballots (with account of type of
elections and coincidence of elections, referenda) – on total number of received ballots.

 111. If a voter, referendum participant due to his disability or health condition cannot
independently sign for receipt of a ballot or fill in a ballot, he may use the assistance of other
voter, referendum participant in the manner prescribed by Clause 10, Article 64 of this Federal
Law.
(Clause 111. introduced by the Federal Law of June 14, 2011, No.143-FZ)

 12. The voting members of the precinct commission who conduct voting outside the
polling station in accordance with written or oral applications of voters, referendum participants
may issue ballots only to those voters, referendum participants whose written or oral
applications were recorded in the register as provided by Clause 2 of this Article.
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 13. The series and number of the passport or a document equivalent to citizen’s passport
of a voter, referendum participant who voted outside the polling station shall be entered in the
list of voters, referendum participants by the voting members of the precinct commission who
conducted voting outside the polling station, on the basis of written or oral applications of
voters, referendum participants. At the same time, the note "Voted outside the polling station,"
signed by the aforementioned commission members, shall be written in the appropriate box
(boxes) of the list of voters, referendum participants.

 14. When voting is conducted outside the polling station, non-voting members of
commission, observers may be present at the voting. In this case, the precinct commission
shall make the same arrangements for at least two persons from among non-voting members
of the commission, observers appointed by different candidates, election associations,
referendum initiative group, other referendum participants groups, public associations to go to
the place where the voting is to be conducted as those made for the voting members of the
precinct commission who are to conduct voting outside the polling station. Non-voting members
of election commission, observers appointed by candidate nominated by election association
and non-voting members of election commission, observers appointed by this election
association are not considered as persons appointed by different registered candidates,
election associations.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 15. Voting outside the polling station shall be organized so as to prevent any violations of
electoral rights and right to participate in a referendum of voter, referendum participant and
distortion of the expression of will of voter, referendum participant.

 16. If a voter, referendum participant who made a written or oral application for voting
outside the polling station comes to the polling station to vote after voting members of the
precinct commission were sent to him to conduct voting outside the polling station, a
corresponding member of precinct commission is not entitled to issue a ballot to this voter,
referendum participant at the polling station until the members of the precinct commission who
were sent to conduct voting outside the polling station in response to a written or oral
application of this voter, referendum participant come back and it has been established that the
voter, referendum participant has not voted outside the polling station.

 17. After the end of voting conducted with the use of each mobile ballot box the precinct
commission shall file a certificate to record the number of ballots issued to voting members of
the precinct commission who conducted voting outside the polling station; the number of written
and oral applications of voters, referendum participants for voting outside the polling station; the
number of ballots issued to voters, referendum participants and returned ballots (ballots which
were not used or were spoilt by voters, referendum participants); the information on the voting
members of the precinct commission who conducted voting outside the polling station and
about non-voting members of the precinct commission and observers who were present at the
voting conducted outside the polling station.
(Clause 17 as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)