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Article 151
 

(1) The State Election Commission, ex officio or based on a filed complaint, shall with a decision annul the voting at the polling station in the following cases:


 if the Election Board fails to conduct the voting in the manner defined by this Code;
 if the secrecy of voting has been violated;
 if the voting has been suspended for more than three hours;
 if the police has failed to respond to the request for intervention made by the Election Board, provided there was a need for such intervention and that this has influenced the conduct of the voting in the polling station;
 in case it has been established that there is a greater number of ballots in the ballot box than the number of voter turnout; and
 if any person or persons have voted for other persons.


(2) When deciding upon complaints the State Election Commission is obliged to inspect the overall election material in the cases stipulated in the lines 1, 2, 5 and 6 of paragraph (1) of this article, if the facts which are invoked have been entered in the protocol.
(3) The State Election Commission shall repeat the voting with a decision in cases stipulated in paragraph (1) of this article at the polling stations where the voting has been annulled, if the total number of voters registered at those polling stations on the level of electoral district, city, i.e. municipality has an impact on the overall results.
(4) A lawsuit against the decision from paragraphs (1) and (2) of this article may be submitted to the Administrative Court through the State Election Commission within 24 hours from the receipt of the decision.
(5) The Administrative Court must act on the lawsuit within 48 hours of its receipt.
(6) The voting at the polling station that has been annulled shall be repeated 14 days from Election Day.