Suspension of the Voting

(1) After the first day of the elections each district election commission and special district election commission shall seal all ballot boxes and mobile ballot boxes – where applicable – in a way ensuring that no ballot tickets may be removed or placed inside and secure all other election-related documents. Before the commencement of voting on the second day of the elections each district election commission and special district election commission shall check whether the seals are unbroken and remove them.

(2) If any circumstance preventing the voting from being commenced, continued or concluded occurs, the district election commission or special district election commission may postpone the beginning of the voting, suspend the course of the voting or extend the time limit of the voting by up to 1 hour. Such a measure must be reported by the district election commission to the voters, local authority and designated local authority in a customary way. It must also be reported to the relevant regional authority (in the case of elections to the Chamber of Deputies) or the relevant designated local authority in the seat of the election district (in the case of elections to the Senate). If the voting is suspended, the district election commission or special district election commission shall secure all election documents and seal both the ballot box and the mobile ballot box in a way warranting that no official envelope may be placed inside or removed. When the voting is resumed, the chairperson of the district election commission or special district election commission shall check that the seals are not broken and then remove them in the presence of the remaining members.