Rights and Obligations of Monitors

(1) The monitor shall have the right to:
1) be present during the work of an electoral body and warn about any identified irregularity;
2) request a copy of the minutes of the work of the electoral body the work of which they monitored;
3) be present at the handover of the electoral material;
4) be present during the work of the election committee from the moment of setting up the polling station prior to its opening, during the voting, the counting of the ballots and determining the voting results and preparing the minutes of the work of the election committee;
5) add reasoned objections against the work of the election committee to the minutes of work of the election committee or attach them in written form to the said minutes and request a receipt for the given reasoned objection against the work of the election committee;
6) inspect the electoral material until the final election results have been announced, with the exception of the electoral register excerpts.
(2) Upon arrival to the polling station or at the headquarters of the electoral commission which they shall monitor, the monitor shall present the official monitor identification card and an identity document on the basis of which their identity can be established beyond any doubt.
(3) If the competent electoral body did not provide the monitor with an official monitor identification card, the monitor shall present the decision issued by the competent electoral commission or the approval issued by the State Electoral Commission allowing them to monitor the elections.
(4) For the duration of monitoring the elections, the monitor shall wear the official monitor identification card visibly displayed at all times.
(5) The monitor may monitor the work of all electoral bodies in the area where they are allowed to monitor the elections.
(6) The monitor shall not:
1) disturb the work of the electoral body;
2) make audio or video recordings of the work of the electoral body;
3) answer to voters’ questions for the duration of monitoring the work of the election committee, and if a voter should address the monitor, they shall direct them to the president, vice-president or a member of the election committee;
4) take photographs of the electoral register excerpts and ballots at the polling station during the voting or determining the voting results;
5) bear any markings with regard to a political party or an organisation monitoring the elections, photographs of candidates or other promotional materials or influence voters in any other manner.