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Article 256
 

256.1. The procedure to establish the location of the polling stations will be the following:


a) Between January 15 and February 15 of the election year, the executive district boards will visit the sections of the corresponding districts with the purpose of locating places which meet the requirements set out and which do not infringe the prohibitions established by the previous article;


b) Between February 16 and 26, the executive district boards will present to the corresponding district councils a list suggesting the places in which the polling stations should be located;


c) Once the lists are received, the councils will review that the suggested places meet the requirements established in the previous article and, where applicable, make the necessary changes;


d) The district councils, in a session held no later than the second week of April, will approve the list which contains the location of the polling stations;


e) The president of the district council will request the publication of the list of the approved polling station locations, no later than April 15 of the election year, and


f) Where applicable, the president of the district council will request a second publication of the list, with the corresponding adjustments, between May 15 and 25 of the year election.