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Article 20
 

Election day


1 - Election day shall be the same in every constituency and must fall on a Sunday or national holiday.
2 - Abroad, voting in person starts on the day before that appointed for the election in national territory and ends on that day.
3 - Abroad, voting in person on the day before that appointed for the election runs from 8.00 am to 7.00 pm local time and, on election day, from 8.00 am until the time limit for voting in national territory, and the polling station, in conjunction with the candidates’ delegates is tasked with ensuring that conditions are in place for freedom of voting throughout the two days of voting and its interruptions, together with the inviolability of the ballot boxes, which are sealed at the start of the election process.