Voting hall (premises).

1. The voting hall shall be provided by the state agencies and bodies of local self-government to the precinct election commission free of charge.

2. The voting hall shall have specially equipped booths equipped with a lighting system and provided with stationery, monitors, other necessary equipment and ballot boxes.

The lighting system should have an alternative power supply source, lanterns and candles. In the event of a power failure, voting shall be suspended until the lighting is restored (via the main or alternative source). In this case, in order to effectively monitor the activity of the precinct election commission, the distance between observers, the representatives of candidates or political parties and the ballot boxes and voting booths shall ensure full observation of the actions of the election commission and the performance of their functions.

3. The election commission shall equip the voting hall with a stand where information materials about all candidates and political parties that have registered the lists of candidates are displayed. The said materials should not contain campaign calls. Samples of filled ballot papers that should not contain the names of registered candidates or the names of political parties shall be also displayed on the stand.

In order to inform the voters with impaired sight, materials in large font and / or Braille shall be displayed on the information stand.

4. The voting hall shall be equipped in such a way that the places of ballot issuance, booths, monitors, other necessary equipment and ballot boxes are simultaneously visible to the members of the election commission, the representatives of candidates or political parties as well as the observers.

The voting hall shall be equipped with a monitor in a place accessible for visual control by the observers, the representatives of candidates or political parties.

5. The voting hall shall meet the requirements of voters with disabilities for free entry and voting, including convenient access and pedestrian paths, special places for personal vehicles parking, location of voting halls on the ground floors of buildings or availability of elevators, wide doors openings, availability of ramps (if it is impossible to install a ramp with a help call button), decking, tactile signs and sufficient lighting.

Equipment in the voting hall (tables, booths and ballot boxes) as well as information stands should be located taking into account accessibility and the need to ensure the secrecy of voting. Voting booths should meet the parameters that allow voters using a wheelchair to enter freely and be equipped with optical correction devices (magnifying glasses, backlit magnifying glasses, etc.), additional lighting, a chair or a special stencil.

6. In order to ensure conditions for implementation of electoral rights of voters with disabilities, ensure the maximum possible availability of the voting hall, the corresponding election commission jointly with the territorial subdivisions of the authorized state agency in the area of social development shall make a map of needs of voters with disabilities not later than 60 calendar days before the voting day.

The relevant election commission on the basis of the map of needs no later than 50 calendar days prior to the voting day shall organize the check of voting premises in terms of their compliance with the needs of voters with disabilities indicated in the map of needs, with the involvement of local governments and representatives of public organizations of persons with disabilities.

If the voting hall is not equipped with special devices for the entrance of voters with disabilities, the relevant election commission no later than 40 calendar days before the election shall send a request to the relevant bodies of local self-government to take measures to ensure accessibility of the voting hall for persons with disabilities. Bodies of local self-government, as well as their officials, shall be obliged to immediately take appropriate measures in the event of a request from an election commission. Failure to comply with a request of an election commission shall entail the liability envisaged in the law.

(In the version of the constitutional Laws of the Kyrgyz Republic No 116 dated August 8, 2019; No 88 dated April 23, 2015; No 96 dated June 5, 2017)