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Paragraph 65
 

Overcrowding in polling stations had been raised as a problem. The draft code introduced the possibility for the PEC to limit the number of observers and mass media representatives allowed to be present in the voting room at the same time. The first Joint Opinion recommended that any measures to address overcrowding in polling stations be proportionate and to safeguard the transparency of the electoral process. According to the final version of the Code, a limitation on the total number of citizen observers and media representatives can be introduced only by taking into account the principle of proportionality. The Code therefore partially addresses the above-mentioned concerns and it remains to be seen how the relevant provision will be applied in practice.