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Article 215
 

(1) On the day before polling day, the section election commission shall take delivery of the following from the municipal administration and from the constituency election commission or the municipal election commission:


1. ballot boxes, including special boxes for the machine voting and separate boxes for the counterfoil showing the ballot number;


2. books of paper ballots for voting, sealed in a manner determined by the Central Election Commission; the first and last serial numbers of the ballots in a book shall be entered in the memorandum of delivery and acceptance of the election stationery and materials referred to in Paragraph (4);
3. an electoral roll;
4. a blank form of a list for additional entry of attendants;
5. a blank form of a list of the persons who have received a copy of the signed tally sheet on the respective type of election;
6. a list of the removed persons;
7. two blank forms of the tally sheet (tally sheets) of the section election commission; the serial numbers of the tally sheet shall be entered in the memorandum of delivery and acceptance of the election stationery and materials referred to in Paragraph (4); if there is any mismatch between the serial numbers of the separate leaves of the tally sheets, this circumstance shall be described; the blank forms of the tally sheets shall be delivered sealed in an envelope in a manner leaving visible only the serial numbers thereof; the said envelope shall be stamped and signed by the members of the constituency election commission or the municipal election commission; after the closing of the polls, the counting of the votes and the completion of the draft, one of the blank forms shall be unsealed and the other blank form shall be unsealed as well only in case of miscompletion;
8. blank forms of drafts for recording the results of the counting of the preferences for the candidates of the parties and coalitions upon elections of National Representatives, Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria and municipal councillors;
9. blank forms of drafts of the tally sheets of the section election commission;
10. a seal of the section election commission;
11. a memorandum on marking of the seal of the section election commission;
12. standard forms of the declarations which are submitted for the relevant type of election according to this Code;
13. distinguishing signs of the members of the section election commissions referred to in Article 231 herein;
14. equipment and consumables and other auxiliary and technical materials.


(2) On the day before polling day, the section election commission shall take delivery of the technical devices and all other election stationery and materials necessary for the machine voting according to a procedure established by the Central Election Commission.


(3) On the day before polling day, the mobile section election commission shall take delivery from the municipal administration and from the constituency municipal commission or the municipal election commission of the election stationery and materials referred to in Items 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13 and 14 of Paragraph (1), as well as:


1. a roll for voting by means of a mobile ballot box;
2. a seal of the mobile section election commission;
3. a memorandum on marking of the seal of the mobile section election commission.


(4) The chairperson of the section election commission or, respectively, of the mobile section election commission, a member of the said commission designated by the constituency election commission or municipal elections commission, and the municipality mayor, borough mayor or mayoralty mayor or a domestic public official of the municipal administration designed thereby by order shall sign a memorandum of delivery and acceptance of the electoral roll or the roll for voting by means of a mobile ballot box, as the case may be, and a memorandum of delivery and acceptance of the election stationery and materials referred to in Items 1, 2, 4 to 14 of Paragraph (1) or, respectively, in Items 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13 and 14 of Paragraph (1) and Items 2 and 3 of Paragraph (3). In case of non-appearance of the chairperson of the section election commission or, respectively, of the mobile section election commission, the deputy chairperson of the commission shall take delivery of the election stationery and materials and shall sign the memorandums. The memorandums shall be drawn up and signed in three identical copies: one copy each for the section election commission, for the constituency election commission or municipal election commission, and for the municipality (or borough, applicable to cities subdivided into boroughs).


(5) The seal of the section election commission referred to in Item 10 of Paragraph (1) or, respectively, the seal of the mobile section election commission referred to in Item 2 of Paragraph (3), shall be delivered in a sealed envelope, which shall be signed by the persons referred to in Paragraph (4) upon delivery and shall be opened upon the opening of the polls in the voting section. After the completion of the voting, the seal shall be placed and closed in an envelope, which shall be signed by the chairperson and secretary of the commission.


(6) After the memorandums are signed, the responsibility for safe-keeping of the election stationery and materials shall pass to the chairperson of the section election commission or, respectively, of the mobile section election commission.