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Article 62
 

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3. The existing boundaries of the polling unit do not change, except when the change is necessary, because the requirements specified in point 1 of this article are not met. The CEC, upon a special instruction, assigns the polling units unique numbers nationwide.


4. The voting centre is located at the same address as in previous elections, except when this is not possible for objective reasons or the reasons set forth in article 93. The location of the voting centre may not change during the last 40 days prior to the election date, unless the CEC decides otherwise, due to force majeure.


5. The mayor of the local government unit determines and publishes the location of the voting centre, no later than by the deadline set forth in point 4 of article 51 of this Code, in compliance with the criteria set forth in point 4 of this article.


6. When a polling unit has more than 1,000 voters and the list is split according to article 51 of this Code, the mayor of the local government unit decides to establish an additional voting centre within the same unit. In this case, the new voting centre is established, when possible, in the same building as the existing voting centre and is numbered according to the unique national system of numbering the voting centres.


7. When a polling unit has fewer than 200 voters, the mayor of the local government unit decides to merge it with the nearest polling unit with the highest number of voters, which is also accessible by road. As a rule, the new voting centre shall not be farther than 5 km from the polling unit that is being merged in rural areas. If both these criteria cannot be met, the criterion of the minimal number of voters shall prevail. The number of the merged voting centre is suspended, and this suspension does not affect the existing numbering of the other voting centres. The CEC establishes by a normative act the criteria and procedures for the merging of the voting centres in accordance with this point.


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9. No later than 10 days from the establishment of the voting centre, according to this article, the mayor of the local government unit shall notify the CEC. The notification on the location is accompanied also with the blueprint, the type of premises, and additional information set forth in the CEC normative act.


10. Based on the information received by the mayors of local government units pursuant to this article, the CEC creates and updates the polling units map and establishes a database on the location of the voting centres. The representatives of the political parties accredited to the CEC have the right to access them at any time.


11. Within the deadlines envisaged in this article, on its own initiative or upon a complaint by party representatives to the CEC, the CEC intervenes to apply the requests and criteria related to the voting centre, number of voters and their location.
The voting centre does not change after the decision of the CEC.


12. In case of refusal to apply the orders of the CEC related to the voting centres, the CEC fines the mayor of the local government unit from ALL 50,000 to 100,000 and notifies the prefect on the execution of the decision for the establishment of the voting centres. The fine constitutes an executive title and is executed according to the Code of Civil Procedure.