Polling Stations

(1) Each polling station in every election district shall be equipped with a ballot box and a mobile ballot box, a sufficient amount of ballot tickets, empty envelopes stamped with official stamps (hereinafter only “official envelopes”), pens, excerpts from permanent lists and special lists and this act of law. This act of law must be made available to any voter at his/her request.

(2) Special sections shall be designated for the completion of ballot tickets. Such sections must be separated in compliance with the principle of secret ballot. Taking into account the number of voters in his/her election district, each mayor shall specify how many sections are to be provided.

(3) On each building housing a polling station shall fly the flag of the Czech Republic. Each polling station shall be decorated with a large state symbol⁶⁾.

(4) The following documents must be posted at every polling station, at a clearly visible place: ballot tickets marked as “samples” and all statements of withdrawal or resignation delivered at least 48 hours before the date of the elections.

(5) Official envelopes must not be transparent and must be made of the same paper of the same colour, quality and size. If the elections to the Chamber of Deputies or the Senate are organised together with another type of elections, the official envelopes for the elections to the Chamber of Deputies or the Senate must have a different colour than the envelopes for the other elections.

(6) Each polling station in any special election district must be equipped with a ballot box, a sufficient amount of ballot papers, a sufficient amount of official envelopes, pens, excerpts from special lists and this act of law. This act of law shall be made available to any voter upon his/her request. Each polling station must also be furnished with a large state symbol located on a dignified place and feature special sections for the completion of ballot tickets separated in a way warranting compliance with the principle of secret ballot. Taking into account the number of voters in his/her special election district, the head of each embassy shall specify how many sections are to be provided. Ballot tickets marked as “samples” and all statements of withdrawal or resignation delivered at least 48 hours before the date of the elections must be posted at a clearly visible place of every polling station.

^{6) Act No. 3/1993 Coll. of the Czech National Council on state symbols of the Czech Republic.}