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§ 116
 

Announcement of the repeated elections


(1) When the election procedure of a National Council election or a part of it has to be repeated the federal elections authority has to announce the repeated elections by a decree immediately.


(2) This decree has to include the date set for the repetition of the elections which is to be set by the federal government in agreement with the main committee of the National Council on a Sunday or public holiday. A qualifying date only has to be set when the elections authorities are to be re-established and the electoral rolls reedited or published again because of a change in the election procedure for the new elections. When this is not the case, the qualifying date for the elections being changed is to serve as a qualifying date for the new elections. The decree has to also specify in which constituencies the repeated election procedure is to be carried out.


(3) When the election procedure is not to be repeated in all constituencies voters voting with voting cards can still cast their votes on the whole federal territory as well as abroad, following the regulations set out in § 60.