The electoral bureaus of the polling stations have the following powers:

a) to receive, from the mayors, based on a report, a copy of the permanent electoral lists, the eve of the vote;

b) to receive, from the mayors, the ballot papers, the control stamp and the “VOTED” stamps, the forms for drawing up the minutes and the other materials necessary for the unfolding of the electoral process, as well as two ballot papers, one for the election of the Senate and one for the election of the Chamber of Deputies, annulled by the president of the constituency electoral bureau, to be displayed in a visible place, on the eve of the elections; the electoral bureaus of the polling stations abroad shall receive these materials from the electoral bureau of the constituency for the Romanian citizens domiciled or residing abroad, based on a report, with the logistic support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

c) to conduct the voting process and to take all the measures aimed at ensuring order within the premises of the polling station and around it;

d) to count the votes and to record the results of the vote;

e) to settle objections concerning their own activity;

f) to remit to the constituency electoral bureaus or to the sector electoral office the minutes including the results of the vote, through electronic means and on paper, the ballot papers used and unchallenged, the ones null and those challenged, together with the challenges filed and the materials to which they refer, as well as the electoral lists used in the polling station, filed by types of lists; the electoral bureaus of the polling stations abroad shall remit these materials, except for the ballot papers used and unchallenged, to the constituency electoral bureau for the Romanian citizens domiciled or residing abroad, based on a report, with the logistic support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and, if it has ceased its activity, to the Bucharest County Court;

g) to remit to the prefect, based on a report, the ballot papers annulled and unused, the stamps and the other materials used for the vote; the electoral bureaus of the polling stations abroad shall remit these materials, as well as the ballot papers used and unchallenged, to the diplomatic mission or consular office;

h) to issue to every representative of the political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances and organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities in the bureau, copies of all the minutes, certified by the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station;

i) to issue, upon request by the observers of non-governmental organisations, as well as by representatives of the media authorised with the respective polling stations, through the president of the polling station, copies of all the minutes stating the result of the elections in the respective station;

j) to verify, through electronic means, that the conditions referred to by law for the exercise of the right to vote have been met, as well as the correlations in the minutes stating the results of the vote, according to the procedure established by decree of the Central Electoral Bureau.