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Section 51
 

Ballot Boxes



(1) The local authority of the municipality shall provide the requisite ballot boxes.


(2) The ballot box must be fitted with a lid. The inner height of the box should as a rule be 90 cm, the wall-to-wall distance at least 35 cm. The lid of the ballot box must have a slot no more than 2 cm in width. The ballot box must be lockable.


(3) Smaller ballot boxes may be used for voting in special polling districts and before a Mobile Electoral Board.