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Article 51
 

(Annex: 3rd Article of Law 5980 on 8 April 2010) As of the starting date of the elections, political parties and independent candidates may set up election bureaus in the constituencies where they are running, in order to carry out election activities. However, it is forbidden to use as election bureaus the buildings and premises belonging to the government, public legal entities and affiliated agencies, enterprises or corporations in which the government or other public legal entities have a direct or indirect share, associations that work for public interest and that have been granted special revenue sources and special opportunities by law, foundations that receive benefits from the government and that have a tax exemption, professional organizations that bear the characteristics of a public agency, producer organizations, cooperatives, banks and unions.


Election Bureaus shall be deemed open once the provincial or district leaders of political parties and independent candidates submit a notice including the address of the bureau as well as the identification and contact information of at least one official of the bureau to the most senior administrative authority of the location within the period beginning with the start of the elections until the start date of the written electioneering activities and to the District Electoral Board after the electioneering period has started. The list of the election bureaus opened by means of such notice shall be sent to the District Electoral boards by the most senior administrative authority of the location.


The representatives of election bureaus that do not meet the conditions to be opened shall be given three days to complete the shortcomings. If the requirements are not met within the designated three days, such bureaus shall be closed by the administrative authority until the requirements are met.
Audio and visual electioneering can be carried out in the election bureaus reserving other election activities. However, the audio broadcasts to be carried out in the election bureaus shall comply with the legislation pertaining to environmental noise.


Election bureaus can engage in activates that are open to the public from 09.00 to 23.00 hours.