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Article 53
 

 (1) In order to facilitate the election larger communities shall be partitioned in precincts, which shall be organised in such a way that, on the day of election, an average number of at most seventy voters per hour must be handled.

(2) Communities with areas of residence very distant from each other (strayed residences) may also be partitioned in precincts in order to facilitate for the voters the way to the polling station.

(3) The establishment of precincts with less than 30 voters requires the consent of the provincial electoral authority, which shall only be granted if the electoral privacy is safeguarded.