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§ 56
 

Polling stations for voting card voters


(1) In every municipality, one polling station is to be provided in which the voters with voting cards must exercise their voting right. In larger municipalities divided into wards the municipal elections authorities must select at least one polling station in which voters with voting cards can cast their vote. In each district in the City of Vienna there has to also be at least one polling station for voters voting with voting cards. When there are special polling stations for voters voting with voting cards they can only cast their votes in these specific polling stations. Voters voting without voting cards can also be admitted into the polling stations in question if the requirements set out in § 37, para 1, apply to them. Members of the elections authorities and their assistants as well as the election witnesses can exercise their right to vote in the polling stations of the elections authorities where they are on duty, irrespective of whether they are in possession of a voting card or not.


(2) The provisions of § 72 and § 73 are not affected by the regulations set out in para 1.