Mobile ballot box list

1. A mobile ballot box list shall be drawn up based on unified and special lists of voters (except for the voters staying abroad on polling day) if:

a) a voter is unable to visit the polling station due to health problems;

b) a voter is in prison;

b1) a voter is in administrative detention;

c) a voter is in hospital or in any other inpatient facility for treatment where no electoral precinct will be opened;

d) a voter:

d.a) is a military serviceman serving in a military unit or a border police unit at the state border of Georgia that is located far from the electoral precinct, where no electoral precinct will be opened;

d.b) is a person indicated in Article 1(d), and during the polling period cannot leave his/her workplace due to service conditions or health conditions;

d.c) serves at the state sub-agency institution within the system of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia – Special Penitentiary Service and cannot leave his/her workplace due to service conditions.

e) a voter is within the territory of the electoral district but his/her location is difficult to access.

2. If a voter is unable to visit polling station on polling day, he/she shall apply to the PEC for mobile voting at least two days before the polling day. On the polling day, a DEC shall transfer information of any voter undergoing treatment at an inpatient facility to the respective PEC not later than two days before the polling day. The voter shall be entered into the mobile ballot box list after:

a) the PEC secretary registers and endorses with his/her signature a written application (the application shall include the personal identification number of a citizen of Georgia) or a telephoned verbal application (in this case, the application shall include the personal number of a voter, exact time of the telephone notification and the appropriate telephone number) of a voter;

b) the transfer of a voter into the mobile ballot box list is specified in the unified or special lists of voters that shall be endorsed by signatures of the PEC chairperson and secretary.

3. Information of voters to be entered into the mobile ballot box list shall immediately be posted in a visible place in the building of the polling station precinct. PEC members, representatives of electoral subjects, and observers shall have the right to verify whether the request for mobile voting is well-substantiated and shall raise a question before the PEC whether it is advisable to enter those voters in the mobile ballot box list any time before Election Day. The PEC shall decide on the above issue.

4. Number of voters defined in paragraph 1(a) of this article shall not exceed 3 per cent of the voters on the unified list of voters per electoral precinct. After reaching the maximum number of voters, the respective DEC shall decide on adding more voters to the mobile ballot box list by the two-thirds of members attending the DEC session.

5. A mobile ballot box list shall contain the same data of voters that are entered in the unified list of voters, except for their photos, and the serial number of those voters shall be additionally indicated in the unified or special list of voters.

6. A mobile ballot box list shall be posted, as soon as it is drawn up, in a visible place within PEC premises and polling stations.

Organic Law of Georgia No 1273 of 20 September 2013 – website, 2.10.2013
Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014
Organic Law of Georgia No 2289 of 17 April 2014 – website, 17.4.2014
Organic Law of Georgia No 5438 of 22 June 2016 – website, 12.7.2016
Organic Law of Georgia No 5441 of 22 June 2016 – website, 12.7.2016
Organic Law of Georgia No 3127 of 5 July 2018 – website, 11.7.2018
Organic Law of Georgia No 3269 of 21 July 2018 – website, 27.7.2018