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ROMANIA - Law no. 115 for the election of local public administration authorities, amending the Law of local public administration no. 215/2001, as well as amending and supplementing Law no. 393/2004 on the statute of local elected offi cials

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Article 89

(1) The president of the electoral bureau of the polling station may suspend the voting for well-founded reasons. Such suspension shall not exceed one hour and shall be notifi ed by posting on the door of the voting premises, at least one hour before. The length of all the suspensions cannot exceed two hours.

(2) During the suspension, the ballot boxes, stamps, ballot papers, and all the paperwork of the electoral bureau shall remain under permanent guard, and the members of the bureau shall not leave the voting room at the same time.

(3) The persons who, according to Article 83 (5), are entitled to attend the voting shall not be forced to leave the voting room during the suspension of operations.