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Article 40
 

1. Each parish corresponds to one polling station.


2. Polling stations in parishes with slightly more than 1,000 electors are divided into polling sections, in order that the number of electors in each section does not exceed 1,000.


3. Up to 35 days before the election, the president of the municipality will determine the number of sections outlined in the previous point, immediately communicating it to the corresponding parish headquarters.


4. The decision mentioned in the previous number can be appealed against, and appeals shall be filed within a time limit of 2 days, by the parish headquarters or by at least 10 electors of any polling station, to the section of the local instance of the county court, with jurisdiction in civil matters, with jurisdiction in the municipality, unless in the municipality headquarters there is a central instance of the same court, with jurisdiction in civil matters, in which case the appeal will be presented before that section.


5. The definitive chart of the polling stations and sections will be immediately posted in the municipalities.