Obligations of the Election Committee after Opening the Polling Station

(1) During the voting, the president or the vice-president of the election committee and at least two members of the election committee shall at all times be present at the polling station.
(2) At the beginning of the procedure, the president of the election committee shall assign duties to each individual member of the election committee.
(3) The election committee shall have the authority and the obligation to ensure peace and order at the polling station during the voting, as well as after the closing of the polling station.
(4) If necessary to ensure peace and order as well as an unimpeded voting procedure, the president or the vice-president of the election committee may request assistance from the police, which shall act at the polling station in accordance with its legally vested authority.
(5) No one, with the exception of police officers who arrive at the polling station upon invitation from the president or the vice-president of the election committee, shall come to the polling station bearing arms.