The municipality as a place of voting, arrangements of the municipal election officials, in the City of Vienna of the Vienna City Administration

(1) Each municipality is a place of voting.

(2) Outside of the City of Vienna the municipal elections authorities decide whether a given municipality should be divided into wards according to § 53. The municipal elections authorities and in the City of Vienna the Vienna City Administration establish the wards and determine according to the following regulations the respective polling stations, the zones with restricted access as set out in § 58, para 1, as well as the time of voting. The end of the time of voting must not be set later than 5 p.m. The wards, polling stations, zones with restricted access and the time of voting are to be fixed on the thirtieth day before the election day at the latest.

(3) The arrangements made are to be immediately published by the municipality in conformity with local custom, but in any event also by a public notice on the building of the respective polling station. In these notices the ban on election campaigning, gatherings and the carrying of fire arms set out in § 58 are to be reminded of, whereby it should be pointed out that all violations of these prohibitions are punishable.

(4) Together with the establishing of the wards the municipal elections authorities and in the City of Vienna the Vienna City Administration have to decide how many special elections authorities according to § 73 are to be established. This decision is to be published in conformity with local custom.

(5) In accordance with the technical possibilities it has to be made sure that in each municipality, in Vienna in every municipal district, there is at least one polling station which is easily accessible for handicapped people. Suitable assistances for blind voters as well as those who are hard of hearing getting to the polling station are also to be planned for.

(6) The instructions issued by the municipal elections authority, in particular those concerning the places of the polling stations and time of voting, are to be immediately forwarded to the provincial elections authority by way of the district elections authorities. The provinces shall electronically submit to the federal elections authority the data thus collected not later than on the thirteenth day before the election.

(7) The federal elections authority shall, not later than on the ninth day before the election, combine the data submitted to it according to para 6 in one electronic file and submit them to the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs for the purpose of forwarding them to the agency in the area of responsibility of the OSCE competent for carrying out the observation of the election.