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Article 82
 

 Providing order in ballot environment 


(Change: 8/4/2010-5980/13 art.)


President of the ballot box committee is responsible of providing order in the ballot environment. Measures that are taken within ballot environment, should not hinder those who have right to be in ballot environment to perform their duties.  No other persons other than president and members of ballot box committee, candidates, MP’s, voters registered to that ballot environment, observers assigned to such ballot and officers in that building are allowed to be in board environment. Representatives and individuals authorized to make objections whose names are delivered to election boards by may be inside the ballot environment only with the documents they are given to. Media members are allowed to make shooting and gather information in the board environment with the purpose of news. 


President of the board warns any individuals who hinder the freedom of confidentiality of voting process of voters or those who intend to disturb ballot box committee while performing their duties on counting or registering of the votes. Individuals who ignore this warning are removed from the ballot environment by police force. 


In case president of the ballot box committee does not fulfill his duties mentioned in this article, ballot box committee takes initiative and uses this authority and immediately informs president of District Election Board about the situation. 


Those who attend to disturb on ballot order by using force ad threat, are immediately removed from the area by calling police force by either president or the members of ballot box committee.


Those who do not obey the measures mentioned above in penal institutions and prisons, after taking the opinion of administrations of prisons, are  removed from ballot environment in order not to lose the security.


Police force who are called due to this article, has to obey the request of the president or decision of the board. 


 It is not allowed to speak with mobile phones in places where the ballot box committee is performing duties. But the speeches of president and members of the board for their electoral works are considered exception of this provision. Those who do not follow the provisions of this article, are warned by the president of the board. Those who insist to speak,   are immediately removed from the area. 


 In case of occurring  crime around the polling station, ballot box committee registers this situation to minute book and calls military police to make the necessary actions. 


 President of the District Election Board takes necessary measures for proper undertaking of on ballot transactions. Within this scope, ballot box committees, administrative and government officers have to obey the instructions delivered by District Election Boards.