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Article 197
 

Electoral Constituencies and Polling Stations


(1) For holding local referenda, the following constituencies shall be established as appropriate: villages (communes), sector, towns (municipalities), district or special status administrative-territorial unit.


(2) Constituencies shall be established by the Central Electoral Commission at the proposal of local public authorities, at least 30 days prior to the date of the local referendum.


(3) Polling stations shall be established by respective District Electoral Councils at least 20 days before holding a local referendum based on the Mayoralty proposal.


(4) Polling stations shall be established pursuant to administrative-territorial principles, by dividing localities into polling stations between 30 and 3,000 voters. Polling stations shall be numbered.


(5) Where the electoral district includes only one locality and only one polling station has been established, the District Electoral Council shall exercise the duties of the Precinct Electoral Bureau