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Article 19
 

(1) During elections the chairperson of the polling station commission shall ensure order at the polling station. He/she shall oversee that there is no infringement of freedom of elections, int. al. no impeding the exercise of voting rights, no public disturbance and no campaigning inside the polling station or within 50 meters from the entrance to the building in which the polling station is located.


(2) The chairperson of the polling station commission shall be responsible for control and safekeeping of documents, materials and assets, which are at the disposal of the relevant polling station commission.


(3) If indications of violations specified in Paragraph 1 of this Article are found, the chairperson of the polling station commission shall immediately inform the competent institution about that.


(As amended by the 30 May 2002 Law, the 9 March 2006 Law and the 18 January 2018 Law)