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Article 114
 

(1) The observers shall be entitled:


1. to be present at the meetings of the election commissions;


2. to be present upon the printing and the delivery of the paper ballots;


3. to be present upon the receipt of the election stationery and materials and the preparation of the polling sites;


4. to be present at the polling site upon the opening and closing of the polls;


5. to be present at the polling site while voting is in progress;


6. to be present in the polling site upon the opening of the ballot boxes and upon the ascertainment of the voting results, for which direct visibility shall be ensured thereto;


7. to be present upon the delivery of the ballots, the rest of the papers and materials to the commissions under Article 287 (7) herein and Article 445 (7) herein;


8. to be present upon the entry and re-entry at the election commissions and the computation centres of the data from the tally sheets showing the voting results of the section election commissions; only one observer from one and the same organisation may be present upon the entry of the data;


9. to receive, upon signed acknowledgement, a copy of the tally sheet on the respective type of election showing the voting results in the voting section, as well as showing the voting results in the respective constituency (district);


10. to lodge complaints and alerts about irregularities affecting the election process;


11. to audit and check the machine voting system;


12. to be present at all other stages of the election process.


(2) Not more than two observers from one and the same organisation may be present in any single voting section, and only one such observer may be present at the polling site. The observers shall not be bound to a particular voting section.


(3) The observers shall have the right to vote on a non-resident voting certificate issued according to the procedure established by Article 34 herein.


(4) The central and local government authorities and the administrations thereof and the election commissions shall be bound to render assistance to the observers and, upon request, to provide them with information and documents in connection with the execution of the powers thereof.