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Section 46
 

Polling Stations



(1) The local authority of the municipality shall designate a polling station for each polling district. Wherever possible, the municipality shall make polling stations available in its own buildings. The polling stations shall be selected and equipped in accordance with the local conditions so as to make it as easy as possible for the entire electorate, and in particular for persons with disabilities and other people with restricted mobility, to participate in the election. The local authorities of the municipalities shall announce in good time and in appropriate form which of the polling stations are barrierfree.


(2) In larger polling districts whose voters’ registers are divisible, voting may take place in different buildings, different rooms in the same building or at different tables in the same polling station. An Electoral Board shall be appointed for each polling station or table. If two or more Electoral Boards are on duty at one polling station, the local authority shall designate the Board responsible for maintaining public order at the polling station.