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Article 105
 

105.1. The Precinct Election Commission should create possibilities for all voters, including those who cannot come to the voting room because of the state of their health, to participate in voting. A mobile ballot box for this purpose should be available in the election precinct.


105.2. The number of voters’ requests for voting outside the voting room shall be approved by the Constituency Election Commission at least 12 hours before Voting Day. The intention of a voter to vote outside the voting room should be confirmed again by a written application submitted to the Precinct Election Commission, in the presence of no less than 2 members of the Precinct Election Commission who represent various political parties and non-partisans and observers. if a voter did not make a written request for a mobile ballot box, he/ she should write an application in the presence of Precinct Election Commission members. The voter shall record the receipt of his/her ballot paper in the request and verify this with his/her signature. The person who issues ballot paper to the voter shall put a stamp indicating the voting date on the voter’s card. in such cases, the serial and batch numbers of the identification card or substitute document of the voter shall be indicated in the application. information on the voter on the Voter’s List should be indicated in the application.


105.3. The mobile ballot box shall be used only on Voting Day. Members of the Precinct Election Commission who accompany the mobile ballot box should take the number of ballot papers equal to the number of requests/applications, plus 3 additional ballot papers. The number of used and returned ballot papers from voters requesting a mobile ballot box should be recorded in a separate act. Voters using the mobile ballot box shall be marked on the Voter’s List by a member of the Precinct Election Commission. The member of the Precinct Election Commission shall separately keep record of the cases of voting outside of the voting precinct. After the mobile ballot box is returned by the Precinct Election Commission members to the polling station, its slit shall be closed and it shall not be opened until vote counting commences.


105.4. Voting by mobile ballot box should be organized so that there are no violations of the voter’s right to vote or of the rules for secret voting and not influencing the voter’s choice.