(1) The voting shall start at 7:00 a.m. and shall close at 9:00 p.m. The starting time and the closing time shall be posted at the premises of the polling stations, in visible places.

(2) The voters shall vote at the polling stations to which they belong according to their domicile, with the exceptions stipulated in this law.

(3) The members of the electoral bureaux of the polling stations and the persons in charge with keeping order shall vote at the polling station where they carry out their activity.

(4) The voters who, on election day, find themselves in a commune, town, or municipality other than the one where they have their home, shall vote only at the special polling stations established according to paragraph 9 paragraph (1), after stating in writing on their own account that they have not voted and they will not vote again in that ballot. The model of the statement on one’s own account shall be set by Government Decision within the time limit stipulated in Art. 65 paragraph (1).

(5) The voters who are abroad on voting day shall vote at the polling stations established under the terms of Art. 12, after stating in writing on their own account that they have not voted and they will not vote again in that ballot. The model of the statement on one’s own account shall be set by Government Decision within the time limit stipulated in Art. 65 paragraph (1).

(6) The access of the voters to the voting room shall take place in series corresponding to the number of voting booths. The voter shall present the identity document to the electoral bureau of the polling station. The president of the electoral bureau of the polling station or the member designated by him shall check if the voter is included in the copy of the permanent electoral roll, and afterwards the voter shall sign the roll at the position meant for him. The voter who finds himself in one of the situations stipulated in paragraphs (3) – (5) shall be included, by the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station or by the member designated by the president, in the table stipulated in Art. 9 paragraph (1), and afterwards the voter shall sign in line with the personal data at the position meant for the signature in the table. Based on the signature in the copy of the permanent electoral roll or in the table, as the case may be, the president or the member of the electoral bureau of the polling station designated by him shall entrust the voter with the ballot paper and the stamp marked “VOTED”, which he shall affix on the ballot paper. In the event the voter, based on solid grounds, found by the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station, cannot sign the electoral roll, then the president shall mention this on the list, confirmed by his signature and by that of another member of the electoral bureau.

(7) The voters shall vote separately in closed booths, affixing the stamp marked “VOTED” inside the quadrilateral including the full name of the voted candidate.

(8) The presence of any person in the voting booths, except for the person casting the vote, shall be forbidden. The voter who, for good grounds, found by the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station, cannot vote alone, is entitled to call in the voting booth an attendant chosen by him, to help him. The attendant may not be chosen from amongst the accredited persons or members of the electoral bureau of the polling station.

(9) After having voted, the voters shall fold the ballot papers so that the unprinted page bearing the control stamp remains outside, and then they shall introduce them into the ballot box, seeing that they do not open. The inappropriate folding of the ballot paper shall not incur the invalidation thereof.

(10) At the voter’s request, if he/she has inappropriately affixed the stamp marked “VOTED”, but he/she has not introduced the ballot paper into the ballot box, the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station may give him/her, only once, a new ballot paper, by keeping and invalidating the initial ballot paper, and making the appropriate mention according to point f) in the written report stipulated in Art. 49 paragraph (1).

(11) The stamp entrusted for the voting shall be given back to the president or to those members of the electoral bureau of the polling station designated by the president, who shall affix on the identity document of the voter the stamp marked “VOTED” or a self-adhesive stamp, as the case may be, and shall write down the date of the ballot.

(12) The president may take measures so that a voter’s staying in the voting booth shall not last more than necessary.

(13) The candidates and any voter are entitled to contest the identity of the person who comes to vote. In this case, the identity shall be established by the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station by any legal means.

(14) In case the contestation is well-grounded the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station shall prevent the contested voter from voting, shall put this fact down in a written report, and shall notify the situation to the qualified authorities.

(15) The president of the electoral bureau of the polling station may suspend the voting for good grounds. The suspension may not exceed one hour. The suspension shall be notified by posting at the door of the premises of the polling station as soon as the event that caused the suspension has occurred.

(16) During the suspension, the ballot boxes, the stamps, the ballot papers, and the other documents and materials of the electoral bureau of the polling station shall stay under permanent guard. During the suspension, more than half of the members of the electoral bureau of the polling station shall not be allowed to leave simultaneously the voting room. The candidates and the observers who attend the voting shall not be forced to leave the voting room during this interval.