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Article 24
 

Constitution of election wards and polling bureaus



  1. Provincial Delegations of the Electoral Register Office shall fix the number, the territorial limits of election wards, the respective premises and polling bureaus, after having heard the city councils concerned.

  2. The list of wards, polling stations and polling bureaus belonging to each ward shall be published in the Provincial Official Gazette on the sixth day following the call of the election and shall also be posted for public view in the corresponding local council.

  3. Electors may within the six following days file petitions against the boundaries so determined before the Provincial Electoral Commission, who shall make a final decision within the next five days.

  4. The final list of wards, polling bureaus and polling stations shall be published on Internet and posted for public view in the corresponding local councils within the ten days preceding the polling day.

  5. City councils must adequately signpost the premises corresponding to each election ward and polling bureau.


 2. AS AMENDED BY SECT. 2.1. OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 3/1995, OF MARCH 23  4. AS AMENDED BY SECT.1 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 9/2007, OF OCTOBER 8