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Article 8
 



Expenditure Related to Preparation and Conduct of Elections


Expenditure related to the preparation and conduct of elections shall be covered from the state and municipal budgets. The expenditure of electoral committees related to the organisation and conduct of elections, the work of members of electoral committees, the staff providing services to such committees as well as voting commissions shall be covered from the state budget. Maintenance of the office space of voting commissions, constituency electoral committees and polling district electoral committees, expenditure of purchasing and keeping of the equipment of polling stations shall be covered from municipal budgets. Transportation of voters to polling districts for voting, where such transportation is organised in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Central Electoral Commission, shall be covered from the state and municipal budgets. If a municipality fails to provide suitable premises and supplies for the office of a polling district and a polling station, state funds shall, by the decision of the Central Electoral Commission, be used for this purpose. In this case, the actual expenses for the polling station and its supplies shall, within two months, be recovered without suit by the Central Electoral Commission from the municipality.