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Article 12
 

a)          in § 3, the first sentence shall read as follows:


“A permanent electoral precinct covers between 200 and 4,000 residents.”


b)         § 5 shall read as follows:


“§ 5. In elections to the municipal council or in the election of the mayor, a separate electoral precinct in the unit referred to in § 4, located in the area of the municipality where the elections are held, shall be established if on election day there will be at least 15 voters included in the Central Register of Voters in permanent electoral precincts in the area of the municipality where the unit is located.”,


c)          after § 5, § 5a and 5b shall be added and read as follows:


“§ 5a. In elections to the county council, a separate electoral precinct in the unit referred to in § 4, located in the area of the county in which the elections are held, shall be established if on election day there will be at least 15 voters included in the Central Register of Voters in permanent electoral precincts of municipalities located in the area of this county.


§ 5b. In elections to the regional council, a separate electoral precinct in the unit referred to in § 4, located in the area of the region where the elections are held, shall be established if on election day there will be at least 15 voters included in the Central Register of Voters in permanent electoral precincts of municipalities located in that region.”,


d)         § 10 shall read as follows:


“§ 10. The establishment of separate electoral precincts shall take place no later than the 34th day before election day.”,


e)          in § 11, the second sentence shall be added and read as follows:


“The boundaries of electoral precincts shall be determined taking into account the National Official Register of Territorial Division referred to in Article 47 of the Act of 29 June 1995 on Public Statistics (Journal of Laws of 2022, items 459 and 830).”,


f)          § 13 shall read as follows:


“§ 13. Voters, in the number of at least 15, shall be entitled to lodge a complaint with the Supreme Administrative Court, against the decisions of the electoral commissioner, referred to in § 2, 4 and 9, within 3 days from the date of making them public. The complaint shall be lodged through the electoral commissioner. The electoral commissioner shall, within 2 days, forward the complaint to the Supreme Administrative Court, together with the complete and orderly file of the case and the response to the complaint, as well as the information on the voting rights of the complainants, in paper or electronic form. The Supreme Administrative Court shall examine the case in a closed session in a panel of three judges no later than 5 days from the date of its receipt and shall issue a decision, delivering it immediately to the complainants and the electoral commissioner. There is no legal remedy against the decision of the Supreme Administrative Court. The provision of Article 420 § 3 shall apply.”,


g)         § 14 shall be repealed,


h)         § 15 shall be added and read as follows:


“§ 15. The decision of the electoral commissioner on the establishment of electoral precincts shall be the basis for the competent director of the delegation of the National Electoral Office to enter the data on electoral precincts referred to in § 11 into the Central Register of Voters.”;