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Section 50
 

Polling Booths



(1) At each polling station, the local authority of the municipality shall erect one or more polling booths with tables where the voter shall be able to mark and fold his or her ballot paper without being observed. The polling booths must be clearly visible from the table of the Electoral Board. An adjoining room accessible only through the polling sta-tion may also serve as a polling booth if its entrance is clearly visible from the table of the Electoral Board.


(2) A pen or pencil is to be laid out in the polling booth.