Preparation of Polling Stations

1. A polling station must be completely prepared for elections not later than 12 hours before the beginning of voting. Moreover, all ballots received from the MEC shall be already counted and their acceptance report shall be signed by the PEC by the prescribed time. In the polling station there must be a ballot box, a secret voting booth (booths) in which a voter could fill out ballots in private. Election posters issued by the CEC must be displayed in the polling station. The text of this Law must be accessible in each polling station. The election campaign material, except the material issued by the CEC, must be removed from the polling station, passageways leading to or out of it (corridors) and within 50 metres of the building in which the polling station is situated. Working places for PEC members as well as places for observers must also be made ready. A polling station which is made ready shall be closed, sealed, left under the police guard and the PEC chairperson shall inform the MEC about this.

2. Other rules for arrangement of polling stations shall be established by the CEC.