(1) The polling stations in the country shall remain unchanged, except for the changes requiring update. Any change, including those concerning the structure of the administrative-territorial units or the town planning, shall be forthwith notified to the Permanent Electoral Authority by the mayors.

(2) The methodology for the approval of the updates to the delimitation of the polling stations in the country and of the establishment of their premises, from the point of view of the fulfilment of the requirements set by this law, shall be established by decision of the Permanent Electoral Authority.

(3) When delimiting a polling station in the country, administrative-territorial units in their entirety or only certain localities thereof, entire streets or only segments thereof, isolated buildings or differently grouped buildings can be included, where appropriate.

(4) Other elements than those referred to in paragraph (3) can be included when delimiting the polling stations in the country only if, in the respective locality, no types and/or names of streets and no administrative numbers have been given or in case of inappropriate allotment thereof.

(5) The polling stations in the country must observe the following criteria:

a) the polling stations cannot exceed the boundaries of the administrative-territorial units;
b) the same address of a voter cannot be assigned to several polling stations;
c) the number of voters assigned to a polling station cannot exceed 2,000;
d) the number of voters assigned to a polling station cannot be lower than 50;
e) the distance between the premises of the polling station and the voter’s domicile/residence should not exceed, as a general rule, 3 km;
f) the area of the polling station must be, as a general rule, compact.