The MEC shall prepare the election material for each PB in a timely manner, particularly the required number of ballot papers, general candidate lists, extract from the voters’ register, special and official envelopes for voting, as well as the form of the Record of the Work of Polling Boards.

In case several voting procedures take place at the same time, verified extracts from voters’ register shall be issued in the number equivalent to the number of voting procedures.

The election material shall be taken over by the PB not later than 48 (forty eight) hours prior to the Election Day.

The competent municipal body shall be in charge of setting up the polling stations and shall provide the each PB with a necessary number of ballot boxes together with the instruments for sealing and tools for voting.

On Election Day, before the beginning of voting, the PB shall determine whether the election material prepared for the particular polling station has been completed and if it is in a proper state, whether the polling station has been set up in a way that ensures the secrecy of voting, and whether polling may start, and shall put it on Record of the Work of Polling Board.