Handover of the election material

(1) The Municipal Election Commission is required to hand over the election material to the Election Boards on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia one day prior to Election Day.
(2) For the handover of the election material from the Municipal Election Commission to the Election Boards a protocol shall be filled out, in which the total number of ballots with the respective serial numbers and other election material shall be indicated.
(3) The president and the members of the Election Board and the member of the municipal election commission who is handing over the material shall all sign the protocol.
(4) Should the present representatives of the lists submitters have objections to the handover of the election materials, they shall have the right to record them in the protocol and they may be used as grounds in the procedure for protection of the right to vote.
(5) If the objections of the authorised representatives from paragraph (4) of this article are not recorded in the protocol, they shall have the right to submit them to the Municipal Election Commission within 5 hours of the signing of the protocol.
(6) Accredited observers shall have the right to be present at the handover of election material.