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Article 58
 

Obligations of the Election Committee prior to Opening the Polling Station

(1) The election committee shall prepare the polling station rooms normally one day prior to the election and not later than one hour prior to the beginning of the voting.
(2) The election committee shall check if all promotional material regarding the election campaign has been removed from the polling station and its immediate vicinity (in a radius of approximately 50 metres), and if not, they shall remove it.
(3) Each polling station shall be equipped and prepared so that the secrecy of voting is preserved and that no one can see how the voter cast their vote.
(4) The coat of arms and the flag of the Republic of Croatia, the marks of a county, city or a municipality may be displayed at the polling station in accordance with their statutes, as well as national minority signs and symbols in accordance with the provisions of the constitutional law governing national minority rights.
(5) Prior to opening the polling station, the election committee shall display at a visible place the advertisements with all consolidated lists of candidates and nominations and the valid lists of candidates and nominations for which votes are cast at that polling station.
(6) The election committee shall display on the front of each ballot box the ballot which is to be cast in that ballot box.