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Article 8
 

Elections Day


(1) Elections shall take place on a single day, on Sunday, in accordance with the act establishing the elections, throughout the country’s territory or of the concerned locality.


(2) By derogation from paragraph (1), in certain electoral districts or polling stations elections may be conducted, for objective reasons (pandemics, exceptional circumstances, ensure the right to vote under unusual conditions, the large number of voters registered to the polling stations from abroad etc.) for two days period (Saturday and Sunday), which shall be established by the decision of the Central Electoral Commission at least 25 days before the Elections Days.


(3) Detailed electoral procedures aimed to secure voting, storage and ensure the integrity, during the two days, of used and unused ballot papers, the rules intended to ensure the confidentiality of information from the Voter’s Lists on the participation of voters in elections etc., shall be established by Regulation approved by the Central Electoral Commission.