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Article 66
 

Mobile voting


1. The mobile voting procedure shall start at 9:00 and end at 19:00. A mobile ballot box shall be returned to an electoral precinct not later than 20:00.


2. Persons referred to in Article 33 of this Law shall have the right to cast a vote through mobile voting.


3. From 9:00 on polling day, the PEC chairperson shall provide the election commission members accompanying a mobile ballot box with the mobile ballot box list, special envelopes, and necessary number of ballot papers signed and sealed with a special seal by the registrar of voters.


4. Two members of a PEC selected by casting lots and persons authorised to be present at a polling place shall participate, at their own discretion, in polling conducted according to the location of voters.


5. If a vehicle is used during mobile voting, a PEC shall allocate space in the vehicle for 2 observers selected by casting lots from among persons authorised to be present at a polling station.


6. A voter (except persons indicated in Article 33 (1)(d) of this Law) shall cast a vote through mobile voting in case his/her actual whereabouts is assigned to the territory of an electoral precinct where he/she is registered.


7. One transparent mobile ballot box shall be used to conduct polling according to the actual whereabouts of voters. The PEC secretary shall enter into the log-book the amount of ballot papers and special envelopes delivered to the election commission members accompanying a mobile ballot box. After the end of polling, the amount of ballot papers and special envelopes in a ballot box as well as unused ones shall be summarised in order to make a comparison thereafter. After the completion of the above procedure, a corner of each unused ballot paper and special envelope shall be cut off, the word ’spoiled‘ shall be written thereon, and then it shall be signed by the PEC chairperson and stored separately. All procedures related to polling at an electoral precinct shall apply to mobile voting as well. The powers of representatives and observers shall also be identical.


8. If, in the cases provided for by Article 33 of this Law, both the place of registration and the actual whereabouts of a voter are assigned to one and the same electoral district, the voter shall have the right to participate in elections held under the proportional and majoritarian electoral systems and a respective ballot paper and special envelope shall be issued to him/her. Otherwise, a voter (except persons indicated in Article 33 (1)(d) of this Law) shall have the right to participate only in elections held under the proportional electoral system.


9. Polling procedures referred to in the eighth paragraph of this article shall be conducted by the PEC on the territory where there is a military unit, a hospital or other inpatient facility or a penitentiary establishment, in which a voter is located.


10. After the end of polling, the mobile ballot box opening shall be sealed so that it cannot be opened without damaging the seal.


11. Polling procedure through mobile voting may not take place for the voters staying abroad on polling day.


Organic Law of Georgia No 1273 of 20 September 2013 – website, 2.10.2013
Organic Law of Georgia No 5441 of 22 June 2016 – website, 12.7.2016
Organic Law of Georgia No 3266 of 21 July 2018 – website, 13.8.2018