Presence in the Polling Station and Election Observation

(1) Besides the members of the District Electoral Commission, its recording clerks, the members and recording clerks of higher-degree electoral commissions, members of their professional summarising units and voters, also the observers sent by international organisations have the right to be present in the polling station.

(2) The representative of an independent candidate has the right to be present in the polling station during the elections and counting of votes. The municipality shall be obliged to provide special room in the polling station for the representatives according to the first sentence and observers sent by international organisations. These persons can be excluded from the polling station only provided that the process of voting and vote counting is endangered.

(3) Other persons expressing interest in observing the process of election and vote counting have also the right to be present in the polling station. These persons can be excluded from the polling station only provided that the process of voting, vote counting is endangered or due to an insufficient capacity of the polling station.