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Article 64
 

Actions of precinct electoral commission before the voting


1. On the voting day, at 7:00, at the sitting held at the polling station, the precinct electoral commission shall, by drawing of lots, decide upon:


(1) members of the commission carrying out registration of electors — at least 1 member per up to 1 000 electors;
(2) members of the commission allocating ballot papers and ballot envelopes — at least 1 member per up to 1 000 electors;
(3) at least 1 member posting self-adhesive stamps and responsible for the ballot box;
(4) at least 1 member who holds voting through a mobile ballot box, in case the given precinct electoral commission must organise voting through a mobile ballot box;
(5) the rotation of functions, every 2 hours, of members of the precinct electoral commission.


The chairperson and the secretary of the commission shall not participate in drawing of lots.


2. Upon the assignment of chairperson of the precinct electoral commission, the specialist, in the presence of members of the precinct electoral commission and persons having the right to attend the voting, check the operating condition of the technical equipment as prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission, enter the identification data of the electoral precinct and print a statement of information certifying the absence of electors registered by means of that technical equipment. The statement of information shall be glued to the registration book of the precinct electoral commission.


The chairperson of the precinct electoral commission shall — in the presence of members of commission and persons having the right to be present in the voting room — open the fire-resistant safe, take out the individual seals of members of commission and, based on drawing of lots, hand the individual seals to them, take out ballot papers, ballot envelopes, the seal and, by putting a seal in the registration book, announce the seal number, check that the ballot box is empty, close and seal the ballot box. [The chairperson] shall provide ballot papers and ballot envelopes, in piles of one hundred units, to the members allocating ballot papers and ballot envelopes. Hundred self-adhesive stamps shall be allocated to the member posting self-adhesive stamps and responsible for the ballot box. Where voting for head of community and member of the council of elders are held simultaneously, hundred self-adhesive stamps each shall be allocated to each election. Relevant entries with regard to the above-mentioned actions shall be made in the registration book of the precinct electoral commission.