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Article 18
 

Voting stations for holding of elections, referendum, the recall of a deputy are created in districts and cities by district, city (in the cities of regional subordination) executive committees, and in the cities with district division – by local administrations of districts in the cities (hereinafter – local administration).Voting stations at the military units are created in the same order upon the submission of commanders of military units.


Outside the Republic of Belarus, voting stations for the elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of the House of Representatives, for republican referendum for the citizens of the Republic of Belarus being on the territory of foreign states, are created by the heads of diplomatic representations (consular institutions) of the Republic of Belarus acting on the territory of respective foreign states in the order being established by the Central Commission.


Voting stations are created not later than two months before the elections and not later than 25 days before the referendum, 25 days before the day of voting on the recall of a deputy.


Creation of voting stations is carried out created when holding elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of local Councils of Deputies and a referendum in agreement with the respective district, city, and city district territorial commissions on the elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, district, city electoral commissions on the election of deputies of local Councils of Deputies, district, city, city district commissions on referendum, and when holding elections of deputies of the House of Representatives – in agreement with district electoral commissions.


At the simultaneous holding of elections of different level, elections and referendum voting stations shall be common for election of different levels, elections and referendum.


Bodies which have created voting stations are obliged to inform voters, participants of referendum about boundaries of every voting station with indication of the place of location of electoral commission and premises for voting not later than within ten-day term.