Electoral Districts

(1) For the hand-over of ballot papers and vote counting, the municipality mayor, town mayor, in the capital of the Slovak Republic Bratislava and in the city of Košice the mayor of city district (hereinafter the “municipality mayor”) creates electoral districts a determines polling stations within the period specified in the decision on the call of elections. In determining the polling station, the municipality mayor ensures that handicapped voters can access the polling station as easily as possible.

(2) The electoral district is created in such a way as to include normally 1,000 voters.

(3) Electoral districts are designated by serial numbers in continuous numerical series by Arabic numerals. In the capital of the Slovak Republic Bratislava and in the city of Košice, electoral districts are numbered in separate numerical series in each city district. Even if only one electoral district is created, it shall be designated by a serial number.

(4) A special electoral district (hereinafter the “special district”) is created and a polling station is determined at the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter the “Ministry of Interior”) for the elections to the National Council of the Slovak Republic and for voting in a referendum by post by the voters without permanent residence in the territory of the Slovak Republic.