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Article 25
 

1. For the purposes of voting and counting the electors’ votes at the Presidential Elections in the Russian Federation, polling stations shall be formed on the basis of the data on the number of voters registered in the territories of municipal entities in accordance with the requirements of article 16 of the Federal Law On Basic Guarantees of Voting Rights and the Right to Take Part in a Referendum Belonging to the Russian Federation Citizens.


2. Polling stations shall be formed upon agreement with the respective territorial election commission, by head of administration of the municipal district, city district, inner territory of the city with federal status and in cases provided by the law of the Russian Federation subject — the city with federal status — by head of territorial executive body of the city with federal status or by persons stated in clauses 5 and 6 of this article. In cases provided by clause 4 of this article polling stations shall be formed by the territorial election commission. Polling stations shall be formed not later than 50 days before the voting date in consideration of local and other conditions and on the basis of the need to provide maximum convenience possible for the voters. (as amended by Federal Laws No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005, No. 64-FZ of April 26, 2007)


3. Not more than 3,000 voters shall be registered in the territory of each polling station.


Provision of article 25 as amended by Federal Law No. 263-FZ of October 04, 2010 shall be applied to legal relations arising out of holding elections and referendums called after the effective date of the stated Federal Law (article 6, part 4 of Federal Law No. 263-FZ of October 04, 2010).


4. In places of the voters’ temporary stay (hospitals, health resorts, recreation centers, railway stations, airports, detention facilities and other places of temporary stay) in hardly accessible or distant areas, on sailing vessels, at polar stations, and in places where the voters do not have registration at a place of residence within the Russian Federation polling stations may be formed by the territorial commission within the term stated by clause 2 of this article and in exceptional cases upon agreement with the election commission of the Russian Federation subject — not later than three days before the voting day. In hardly accessible or distant areas, on vessels sailing on the voting date, at polar stations polling stations may be formed by the territorial election commission upon agreement with head of the object located in a hardly accessible or distant area, the vessel captain or the vessel owner, head of the polar station. (as amended by Federal Laws No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005, No. 64-FZ of April 26, 2007)


5. The military shall vote at common polling stations. In the territory of military units located in separated areas remote from settlements polling stations may be formed by the decision of the election commission of the Russian Federation subject by military unit commanders within the term stated by clause 2 of this article and exceptional cases — not later than five days before the voting date. (clause 5 as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


6. Polling stations for holding voting and counting the electors’ votes located outside the Russian Federation on the voting date shall be formed not later than 50 days before the voting date and in exceptional cases — not later than five days before the voting date by heads of diplomatic missions or consular institutions of the Russian Federation in the territory of the voters’ residence country. In this regard provision of clause 3 of this article concerning the number of the registered voters may not be applied. Heads of diplomatic missions or consular institutions of the Russian Federation shall inform the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation on forming of polling stations not later than 40 days before the voting date and in exceptional cases — not later than three days before the voting date. (clause 6 as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


7. Lists of polling stations with indication of their numbers and boundaries (if the polling station has been formed in a part of the settlement territory) or the list of settlements (if the polling station has been formed in the territories of several settlements), locations of precinct election commissions, voting rooms and telephone numbers of precinct election commissions shall be published by head of local administration of the municipal district, city district, inner territory of the city with federal status and in cases provided by the law of the Russian Federation subject — the city with federal status — by head of the territorial executive body of the city with federal status not later than 45 days before the voting date; the information on polling stations formed after expiration of the term stated in clause 2 of this article shall be published not later than two days after their formation. At publication of the data on polling stations formed in military units and mentioned in this clause the text of the material for publication shall be agreed with the commander of the respective military unit. (as amended by Federal Laws No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005, No. 64-FZ of April 26, 2007)


8. The issues of publication of the data on the polling stations formed outside the Russian Federation stated in clause 7 of this article shall be solved by heads of the respective diplomatic missions or consular institutions of the Russian Federation in consideration of local peculiarities. If diplomatic missions or consular institutions of the Russian Federation have websites in the Internet information and telecommunication network (hereinafter — the “Internet”), the stated data shall be posted on these websites. (as amended by Federal Laws No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005, No. 200-FZ of July 11, 2011)


9. If the polling stations have not been formed within the terms stated in clauses 2 and 4 of this article, the decision on forming the polling stations shall be taken by the election commission of the Russian Federation subject within three days from the date of expiration of the terms for forming the polling stations provided by clauses 2 and 4 of this article. (clause 9 has been introduced by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)