1. The premises for a polling station shall be placed at the disposal of the precinct election commission free of charge by the head of local administration of the relevant municipality and, in the cases provided by this Federal Law, by the commanding officer of a military unit, ship captain, head of a polar station, head of a diplomatic or consular mission of the Russian Federation.
(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

2. The polling station shall have a hall where ballot boxes, booths or other specially equipped places for secret ballot provided with a lighting system, tables, writing utensils (except for pencils) shall be located.

3. Inside or directly in front of the polling station a precinct election commission shall set up an information board displaying the following information about all candidates entered in the ballot:

1) the biographical information about candidates in the scope established by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation but not less detailed than the data indicated in the ballot;

2) if a candidate is put forward by a political party, the words “put forward by the political party” specifying the name of the relevant political party;
(as amended by Federal Laws No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005, No. 64-FZ of April 26, 2007)

3) if a candidate nominated his candidature himself, the word “self-nominated”;

4) lost effect. — Federal Law No. 3-FZ dated February 9, 2009;

5) information about income and property of candidates and their spouses within the scope established by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation;

6) information, if any, about any inaccuracy of data presented by candidates under sub-clause 3 of clause 6 and clause 7 of Article 34; sub-clauses 1 and 3 of clause 11 of Article 35 of this Federal Law;

7) information from financial statement of political parties put forward registered candidates and information on results of verification of these reports in the scope established by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

4. If a registered candidate has a conviction that has not expired or has not been cancelled, the information shall indicate this fact.
(as amended by Federal Law No. 64-FZ of April 26, 2007)

5. Lost effect. — Federal Law No. 128-FZ dated July 25, 2006.

6. The information board shall display a sample of a completed ballot which shall not contain the actual names of registered candidates and political parties put forward registered candidates in this election of the President of the Russian Federation.
(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

7. Information about registered candidates shall be arranged in the manner determined at the moment of approval of the form and text of the ballot.

8. The materials displayed on the information board shall be free from any election propaganda.

9. The information board shall display excerpts from the criminal and administrative laws of the Russian Federation establishing responsibility for violation of electoral rights of citizens of the Russian Federation. A precinct election commission shall place these materials so that the latter could be easily read by voters.

9.1. For the purpose of informing voters with sight disabilities the materials specified in clauses 3, 4 and 9 of this Article shall be placed on the information board in large print and/or in Braille type. Election districts where the materials shall be placed in the above manner shall be determined by resolution of the election commission of a relevant subject of the Russian Federation.
(clause 9.1 introduced by Federal Law No. 143-FZ of June 14, 2011)

10. An oversize form of a protocol of voting results shall be displayed inside the polling station to record voting results as they are tabulated. The oversize form of a protocol of voting results shall be posted before the commencement of voting so that it should be in the sight of members of the precinct election commission, observers, at a distance at which the information contained therein can be perceived. The oversize form of a protocol of voting results shall not be a substitute of a protocol of the precinct election commission on voting results and data entered therein shall not have legal force.
(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

11. Inside the polling station stationary ballot boxes shall be placed. The functions of stationary ballot boxes may be performed by vote-counting machines, including programmed technical complexes for processing of ballots. Electronic voting complexes may also be used. Vote-counting machines and electronic voting complexes shall be used in the manner set forth by the Federal Law on Basic Guarantees of Voting Rights and the Right to Take Part in a Referendum Belonging to the Russian Federation Citizens in accordance with the Instructions approved by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

12. The polling station shall be arranged so that the places where ballots were issued, the places for secret voting and the ballot boxes were all located in the sight of members of the precinct election commission and observers.