(1) The Republic Electoral Commission shall have a duty to timely prepare the election material for each polling board including in particular the necessary number of ballots, the general electoral list, the excerpt from the electoral roll, the certificates of suffrage, and the form of the polling board’s minutes.

(2) The election material shall be handed over no later than 48 hours before the date scheduled for the elections.

(3) Municipal authorities shall ensure the arrangement of the polling station, and shall prepare the necessary number of ballot boxes with the wax sealing stationery, as well as the writing stationery, for each polling board. On the election day, before the voting begins, the poling board shall examine whether the election material prepared for that polling station is complete and correct, whether the polling station has been arranged in such a manner as to ensure the secrecy of the vote, and whether the voting may start, and shall record all such details in the minutes of its work.