Formation of Polling Districts

1. With a view of making it more convenient for a voter to reach a polling station and with account of the number of voters, the municipalities shall be divided into polling districts.

2. The division of the territory of a municipality into polling districts, which will be permanent during elections and referenda, shall be changed, where necessary, by the Central Electoral Commission on the recommendation of the director of the administration. The Central Electoral Commission shall make public on its website the list of the approved polling districts and changes made therein.

3. No more than 5, 000 voters must reside within the territory of a polling district.

4. The boundaries of a polling district and the address of a polling station shall be changed, where necessary, within the boundaries of a single-member constituency no later than 100 days prior to the election. In his recommendation to approve the division of a municipality into polling districts, the director of the administration shall specify the proposed name of a polling district, the addresses belonging to the polling district, the number of voters in the polling district, the address and telephone number of ta polling station and the coordinates of the address of a building which contains the polling station. The recommendation on changes in the division of the municipality into polling districts shall specify the changes it is proposing. These changes must be submitted to the Central Electoral Commission at least 110 days prior to the election. In the event when it is impossible to hold polls at the polling stations established earlier, the Central Electoral Commission, on the recommendation of the constituency electoral committee may change the address of the polling station of a polling district within a shorter time limit than the one specified in this Article.