Polling stations shall use electronic voter identification devices.

In order for the voter to vote, he or she must be identified electronically.

A voter who rejects electronic identification shall not be allowed to vote by the polling board.

Electronic devices represent a compact hardware and software unit consisting of:

−         electronic reader of machine-readable record (MRR) from ID card and passport;

−         a computer with an excerpt from the voters’ register for a specific polling station placed in its memory, including the last voters’ photo from the registry of ID cards or  passports;

−         a printer that will print a certificate of successful identification of voter.

The data to be placed in the device referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article shall be deleted within 30 days from the day of publishing the final election results.

Instructions on the manner of using electronic voter identification devices referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be prescribed by the Ministry in charge of voters’ register.

The ministry responsible for voters’ register, for the purpose of electronic identification of voters at the polling station, shall make an electronic version of the excerpt from the voters’ register for each polling station in the appropriate electronic medium within 72 (seventy two) hours from the date when the decision on the conclusion of the voters’ register was adopted.

Procurement and maintenance of electronic voter identification devices shall be carried out by the authority in charge of keeping the voters’ register.

The SEC controls the process and use of electronic voter identification devices.