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Article 229
 

Opening of the Polls


(1) (amend. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) The polling site shall be unsealed and the polls shall be declared open by the chairperson of the section election commission at 7:00 h provided that over half of the members of the commission are present. In the absence of quorum the regional or Municipal election commission shall be notified. Should more than a half of the commission members turn up at 7:00 h but the chairperson has not appeared, the polling site shall be unsealed and the polls shall be declared open by the deputy chairperson, and this circumstance shall be recorded in the tally sheet of section election commission.
(2) Should a sufficient number of members of the section election commission fail to turn up, the regional or Municipal election commission shall appoint the required number of members from among the alternate members to replace the absent members.
(3) Should the chairperson of the section election commission be absent, the deputy chairperson shall be appointed chairperson and a member of the section election commission shall be appointed deputy chairperson by the regional or Municipal election commission. Should the deputy chairperson or the secretary of the section election commission be absent, a member of the section election commission shall be appointed deputy chairperson or secretary by the regional or Municipal election commission.
(4) Should the chairperson, the deputy chairperson and the secretary of the section election commission be absent, a chairperson, a deputy chairperson and a secretary shall be appointed by the regional or municipal election commission from among the members and the alternate members.
(5) In the cases referred to in Para. 3 and 4 the constituency or municipal election commission shall comply with the requirement of Art. 61, Para. 3, respectively of Art. 76, Para. 3.
(6) The Central Election Commission, acting on a proposal by the constituency or municipal election commission, may allow commencement of the voting in certain polling stations at 5:00 hours.