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Article 19
 

(1) During elections the maintenance of order at the polling station shall be the responsibility of the chairperson of the polling station commission. He/she shall ensure that there is no infringement of voting rights, no public disturbance and no campaigning inside the polling station or within 50 meters from the entrance to the building in which the polling station is located.


(2) The chairperson of the polling station commission shall be responsible for safeguarding and storing documents, materials and assets at the disposal of the relevant polling station commission.


(As amended by the 30 May 2002 Law and the 9 March 2006 Law)