(1) Voting shall begin at 7:00 hours and shall close at 21:00 hours on Sunday.

(2) With the exception from the provisions of paragraph (1), the voting abroad shall also be made on Friday and Saturday, prior to the day of the voting. On Friday, the voting shall begin on Friday, at 12:00 hours local time, and shall close at 21:00 hours local time, and on Saturday, the voting shall start at 7:00 hours local time and close at 21:00 hours local time.

(3) At the premises of the polling stations there shall be posted the voting hours, in a visible place, namely the time the voting starts and the time it closes.

(4) The voter shall vote at one of the following polling stations:

a) in the event that he/she resides in the administrative-territorial unit where he/she has domicile or residence, he/she shall vote only at the polling station where it is registered the street or place where he/she has domicile or residence, according to law;

b) in the event that he/she resides in other administrative-territorial unit than the one where he/she has domicile or residence, he/she shall vote at any other polling station within its premises;

c) in the event that he/she resides abroad, he/she shall vote at any polling station set up abroad;

d) in the event that he/she is a member of the electoral bureau of the polling station or a computer operator of the electoral bureau of the polling station, or provides to maintain the order, he/she shall vote at the polling station where he/she conducts his/her activity;

e) in the event that he/she has reduced mobility he/she shall vote at any polling station which provides his/her access to vote.

(5) The voters’access to the voting room shall be provided in series corresponding to the number of polling booths. The voters shall present their identity documents to the computer operators, who shall take over and insert the personal data of the voters into the Voter turnout monitoring system to prevent illegal voting, according to the decision of the Permanent Electoral Authority.

(6) The Voter turnout monitoring system to prevent illegal voting shall indicate if:

a) the person who came to the poll has not turned 18 until the day of the elections inclusive;

b) the person who came to the poll was prohibited to exercise his/ her voting right;

c) the voter who came to the poll pertains to the polling station;

d) the voter who came to the poll pertains to another polling station;

e) the voter who came to the poll has been omitted from the permanent electoral roll;

f) the voter who came to the poll has previously exercised his/her voting right at the same ballot;

g) the voter who came to the poll has voted by correspondence, the vote by correspondence sent by him/her being received by the competent electoral bureau.

(7) On the basis of the results generated by the Voter turnout monitoring system to prevent illegal voting, of the communications made through it and by verifying the identity card, the president of the electoral bureau and of the polling station:

a) shall prevent from voting the person who has not turned 18 until the day of the elections;

b) shall prevent from voting the person whose right to vote has been forbidden; in the event that the person whose right to vote has been forbidden shall hand over a final court judgement from which it results he/she no longer has this kind of interdictions, this shall permit the voter to vote; thus, after the voter signs the permanent electoral roll or the additional electoral roll, as the case may be, he/ she is handed over the ballot paper and stamp marked ‘VOTAT’.

c) shall permit the voter who has been present at the election and is registered in the Voter turnout monitoring system to prevent illegal voting that he previously exercised his/her voting right at the same ballot, to exercise his/her voting right, only after he makes sure the incident signalled by the Voter turnout monitoring system to prevent illegal voting is verified, also warns the competent organs, according to the procedure set forth by decision of the Permanent Electoral Authority, and after the voter makes a statement according to which he/she has not previously exercised his/her voting right at the same ballot; after the voter signs the permanent electoral roll or the additional electoral roll, as the case may be, he/she is handed over the ballot paper and stamp marked ‘VOTAT’.

d) shall permit the exercise of the right to vote by the voter who came to the poll and is registered in the Voter turnout monitoring system to prevent illegal voting that he voted by correspondence, only after he makes sure the incident signalled by the Voter turnout monitoring system to prevent illegal voting is verified, and the competent organs are warned, according to the procedure set forth by decision of the Permanent Electoral Authority and after the voter makes a statement according to which he/she has not exercised his/her right to vote by correspondence; after the voter signs the permanent electoral roll or the additional electoral roll, as the case may be, he/ she is handed the ballot paper and stamp marked ‘VOTAT’;

e) shall provide guidance for the voter to vote at the polling station to which he pertains, in the event that he/she pertains to another polling station of the same administrative-territorial unit; shall permit the persons with reduced mobility who pertain to a different polling station from the same administrative-territorial unit to vote; after the voter signs the additional electoral roll, he/she is handed the ballot paper and stamp marked ‘VOTAT’;

f) shall permit the voter registered in the permanent electoral roll to vote; in this respect, after the voter signs the permanent electoral roll, he/she is handed the ballot paper and stamp marked ‘VOTAT’;

g) shall permit the voters provided for in paragraph (4) points b) – e) to exercise their right to vote; after the voter signs the additional electoral roll, he/she is handed the ballot paper and stamp marked ‘VOTAT’; the voter who votes abroad signs an electronic device;

(8) In the event that the voter, based on solid grounds, ascertained by the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station, cannot sign the electoral roll, the president shall mention it on the roll, confirmed by his/her signature and by the signature of one more member of the electoral bureau.

(9) The voters shall vote individually in closed booths, by affixing the stamp marked ‘VOTAT’ inside the quadrilateral which contains the name of the candidate of choice.

(10) The presence of any other person except the one who votes shall be forbidden. The voter who, base on solid grounds, ascertained by the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station, cannot vote on his/her own shall be entitled to call an attendant chosen by him/her to the booth, in order to help him/her. The attendant shall neither be part of the accredited persons, nor of the members of the electoral bureau of the polling station or of the candidates.

(11) After voting, the voter shall introduce the ballot paper into the ballot box.

(12) At the voter’s request, in the event that he/she has incorrectly affixed the stamp marked ‘VOTAT’, but he/she has not yet introduced the ballot paper into the ballot box, the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station may deliver him/her only once a new ballot paper, holding and annulling the initial ballot paper and mentioning it in point j) of the statement of poll provided by Article 49 (1).

(13) The stamp handed over for voting shall be handed back to the president or to those members of the electoral bureau of the polling station designated by him/her.

(14) The president may take the necessary measures so that the voter doesn’t stay in the polling booth longer than necessary.

(15) The candidates and any of the voters are entitled to contest the identity of the person who comes to vote. In this case, the identity may be established by the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station by any legal means. In the event the contestation proves to be well-grounded, the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station shall prevent from voting the contested voter, shall record the fact in the minutes and shall notify the situation to the competent authorities.

(16) The president of the electoral bureau of the polling station may suspend the voting for well-grounded reasons. The total duration of the suspensions cannot exceed one hour. The suspension shall be notified by posting at the door of the polling station immediately after the event leading to the suspension occurred.

(17) During the suspension, the ballot boxes, the stamps, the ballot papers and the other documents and materials of the electoral bureau of the polling station shall be kept under permanent guard. During the suspension, it is forbidden for more than half of the members of the electoral bureau of the polling station to leave the voting room at the same time. The candidates and the accredited persons who attend the voting cannot be forced to leave the voting room during this time.