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Article 53
 

§ 1. A disabled voter who has stated his intention to vote by postal voting shall receive, no later than 7 days before the election day, a voting packet.


§ 2. In the cases referred to in art. 295 § 1 and 2, a disabled voter who has indicated the intention postal voting receives separate voting packets for given elections.


§ 3. (repealed)


§ 4. The voting packet shall be delivered to the disabled voter by an election officer through the operator designated within the meaning of the Act of 23 November 2012 – Postal Law. The provisions of the Act of 23 November 2012 - Postal Law regarding registered mail shall apply to the shipment of the voting packet in the matters not regulated herein.


§ 5. (repealed)


§ 6. The voting packet shall be delivered only to the disabled voter, upon presentation of an identity document and a written acknowledgment of receipt.


§ 7. If the recipient cannot confirm receipt, the person delivering the voting packet shall itself state the date of delivery and indicate the recipient and the reason for lack of recipient’s signature.


§ 8. In the absence of a disabled voter, the delivering person shall place a notice of the date of repeated delivery in a postal mailbox or, if this is not possible, on the door of the voter's apartment. The period of re-delivery cannot be longer than 1 day from the date of the first delivery.


§ 9. Voting packets not delivered in the manner specified in § 4 and 6–8 shall be forwarded to the precinct election commissions for conducting the voting until the end of voting. If the transfer of voting packets to the precinct election commissions for conducting the voting until the end of voting was not possible such packets are forwarded to the competent director of the delegation of the National Election Office.


§ 10. Information on sending a voting packet shall be placed in the list of voters, box "Comments" corresponding to the item containing the disabled voter's name, who announced his intention to postal voting.


§ 11. An election officer shall keep a list of voting packets in which he shall record the fact of preparing and sending every voting packet.


§ 12. The minister competent for public administration, after consulting the National Election Commission shall determine, by regulation, the method and manner of conducting and updating the list of voting packets to ensure efficiency and fairness of proceedings.