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Section J1
 

  1. Voting shall take place on the forty-third day after nomination day.


 



  1. Voting shall start at 07.30 hours and continue until 21.00 hours.


 



  1. If required due to a polling station’s location, the municipal executive may decide that voting at the polling station in question shall start earlier or later than 07.30 hours and continue until a time earlier than 21.00 hours. The mayor shall publicly announce these times at least fourteen days before polling day.  


 



  1. In polling stations as referred to in subsection 3 the count shall take place at 21.00 hours at a location to be determined and announced by the municipal executive. The location of the count shall be included in the announcement referred to in subsection 3.


 



  1. A polling station as referred to in subsection 3 must be open for an uninterrupted period of at least eight hours on polling day, with the exception of polling stations as referred to in section J 4a.