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Article 113
 

Voting of persons who on Election Day are serving prison sentence or are in detention or in pretrial house arrest


(1) Voters who on Election Day are serving a prison sentence or are in detention or pre-trial house arrest shall vote in the penitentiary institutions or in the place where of the pre-trial house arrest.
(2) Following the receipt of the lists of voters who are serving a prison sentence or are in detention on Election Day, the Municipal Election Commission is required to immediately submit the lists to the penitentiary institutions where the voters are serving a prison sentence or are being held in detention.
(3) Voters who are in pre-trial house arrest on Election Day and are willing to vote shall use an authorised person to inform the Municipal Election Commission or the Election Commission of the city of Skopje, not later than three days before Election Day.
(4) For the voters from paragraphs (2) and (3) of this article, the elections shall be administered by the Election Board of the nearest polling station or a special Election Board, in accordance with this Code and the Instruction of the State Election Commission, one day before Election Day, and the representatives of the list submitters are notified thereof to ensure their presence at the voting.
(5) The Election Board shall enable voting for the voters from paragraph (3) of this article in the place of pre-trial house arrest, one day before the Election Day, while preserving secrecy of the vote.
(6) For the voting referred to in paragraph (5) of this article, the Election Board shall provide a separate empty ballot box, brought in the place where the voter is kept in pre-trial house arrest.
(7) The relevant election commission shall inform the competent authorities that ordered the pre-trial house arrest and the respective law enforcement authority about the voting of voters referred to in paragraph (3) of this article.
(8) The Election Board shall fill in separate protocols about the voting of these voters.
(9) The protocols and the election material shall be submitted to the respective Municipal Election Commissions after the completion of voting.