Special guarantees for representatives of the opposition electoral list in the polling board

A member or deputy member of the polling board appointed at the proposal of the opposition electoral shall have the right to take part in all the activities of the polling board, and in particular to participate in the handover of the election material, sorting and counting of ballot papers, completing the result protocols and check of the result protocols at the delivery of the election material.

The chairperson of the polling board shall be obliged to encourage members and deputy members of the polling board appointed at the proposal of the opposition electoral list to oversee, in particular, certain electoral activities, such as: checking compliance of the ballot box, sorting out ballot papers into valid and invalid ones, and counting votes won by each electoral list.

When polling board commissioners are appointed to conduct voting outside the polling station, at least one commissioner must be a representative of the opposition electoral list.

Should the Republic Electoral Commission prescribe special rules for the formation of polling stations for conducting voting in special situations, such special rules must stipulate that at least one third of polling board members be appointed at the proposal of the opposition electoral lists.