Voting Procedure 

(1) The voters shall vote in the order, in which they appear in the polling station. Voters shall vote in person, no representation is possible.

(2) After entering the polling station, the voter proves their identity by the identity card or other official document containing the voter’s photo and all the data included in the electoral roll unless otherwise laid down in a special part. The District Electoral Commission will ring the serial number of the voter in the electoral roll and issue the ballot paper and an envelope to the voter. The take-over of the ballot paper and envelope shall be confirmed by the voter in the electoral roll by their handwritten signature; if they cannot do it or if they refuse to sign the take-over of the ballot paper and envelope, the Chairman of the District Electoral Commission shall record this fact in the electoral roll. The District Electoral Commission shall take measures to protect personal data of the other voters included in the electoral roll while the voter is signing. If the voter fails to prove their identity till the end of voting, he/she will not be allowed to vote. This also applies to voting out of the polling station. If a person accused or convicted is concerned, their identity shall be proved by the card of convicted person or by the card of accused person or by witness of two members of the Court Guards and Prison Wardens Corps present in the room of the penitentiary, where the voting should take place.

(3) After taking over the ballot paper and envelope, the voter shall enter the polling booth in order to modify the ballot paper in the way laid down by the Act in special parts. The District Electoral Commission will not allow the voter, who fails to enter the special polling booth, to vote.

(4) On demand, the District Electoral Commission will provide other ballot papers to the voter for the incorrectly modified ones. The voter shall put the incorrectly modified ballot papers to the box for unused ballot papers.

(5) After leaving the polling booth, the voter casts a vote by putting the envelope to the ballot box before the District Electoral Commission.

The voter, who cannot modify the ballot paper because of a handicap or because they cannot read or write, and notifies the District Electoral Commission of this fact before voting, shall have the right to take with them to the polling booth other person capable of modifying the ballot paper according to their instructions and the Act and putting it into the envelope; no member of the District Electoral Commission can be such person. Before entering the polling booth, both persons shall be informed by a member of the District Electoral Commission of the voting procedure and of the body of the criminal offence of election and referendum preparation and process obstruction.

(7) For serious, in particular health-related reasons, the voter alone or through another person, may ask the municipality, and on the date of elections, the District Electoral Commission for voting out of the polling station, only in the territory of the electoral district, for which the District Electoral Commission has been established. In such case, the District Electoral Commission shall send two its members to the voter with a portable ballot box, ballot papers, envelope and with the list of voters, who applied for voting out of the polling station. The sent members of the District Electoral Commission shall ensure that the secrecy of voting is observed and that the voter signs the take-over of the ballot paper and envelope; if the voter cannot do it or if they refuse to sign the take-over of the ballot paper and envelope, the member of the District Electoral Commission shall record this fact in the list. The sent members of the District Electoral commission shall take measures to protect personal data of the other voters included in the list while the voter is signing. The list of voters shall be attached to the electoral roll. The District Electoral Commission shall ring the serial number of the voter in the electoral roll immediately after the members of the Commission sent with the portable ballot box have returned to the polling station.

(8) If voting is to take place in the penitentiary, the penitentiary shall agree upon the time of voting to a portable ballot box with the respective District Electoral Commission.

(9) The voter, who due to a handicap is not able to put the envelope into the ballot box themselves, may ask other person to put the envelope into the ballot box, however, it must not be a member of the District Electoral Commission.

(10) The voter shall be obliged to put the unused or incorrectly modified ballot papers to a sealed box for unused or incorrectly modified ballot papers; in case of voting out of the polling station, the voter shall destroy the unused or incorrectly modified ballot papers before the members of the District Electoral Commission.