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Article 54
 

The precinct commission is obliged to provide an opportunity to participate in voting to the voters, participants in referendum who due to their state of health or any other reasonable excuse cannot come on the elections day to the premises of voting.For these purposes the precinct commission shall have not more than three portable ballot boxes.


The precinct commission, on request of the voters expressed in written or verbal form, assigns to not less than two members of the commission to organize voting at place of location of those persons on the elections day in the following order:


verbal and written requests from voters, participants in referendum about organisation of voting at their place of location on the elections day shall be put in a specially composed list signed by the chairperson or the secretary of the precinct commission where the data about those persons provided in the list of citizens having the right to participate in the elections shall be indicated.The official approval of reasons of the voter’s lack of opportunity to come to the premises of voting is not required.Voters, participants in referendum may address a request about organisation of voting at their place on the elections day at any time after formation of the precinct commission and on the elections day not later than two hours prior to termination of voting;


members of the precinct commission receive ballots and prove the fact of receiving them by putting their signatures.The number of the issued ballots shall correspond to the number of the received requests of voters, participants in referendum;


to organize voting at the place of stay of voters, participants of referendum, the chairperson or the secretary of the precinct commission writes down into a separate supplementary sheet all data about those persons from the main list of the citizens having the right to participate in the elections, and signs it.In this supplementary sheet the voters who vote at their place of location when receiving the ballot shall sign with his own hand.Then in the main list of citizens having the right to participate in the elections shall be a mark done that those persons have voted at their place of location.Supplementary sheets of the list of citizens having the right to participate in the elections where the electors, participants of referendum are mentioned who have voted at their place shall be kept with the main list of the citizens having right to participate in the elections.


Voting at the place of location of voters or participants in the referendum is performed with the observance of the requirements of this Code.