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Article 19
 

Formation of Precincts

19.1 Precincts are created for municipal elections for the organization of voting and for the counting of votes.

19.2 Precincts are created at least 80 days prior to election day by the relevant Territorial Election Commissions, (taking into account local situations), to provide maximum convenience for voters.



Precincts are established in accordance with the following:





each precinct should cover not less than 50 and not more than 1500 voters. Only in exceptional cases can a precinct be created in places where the number of voters is less than 50.;



19.4 Mprecincts are created, during the period stated in this law, in sanatoriums, rest homes, hospitals, other live-in treatment centers, and other places where voters are living temporarily, in places where communication is inconvenient. In exceptional cases these precincts can be created up to 5 days prior to election day.

military persons permanently living in a relevant place (excluding those in conscripted fixed term temporary military service) vote in the general precincts.