No later than half an hour before the start of voting, the president and members of the electoral committee gather in the room where voting is held and check if the room is in the same condition as when they left it the day before the election, and if the election materials are in the same condition as on the day of the election. before voting, in particular, they check whether the ballot box is empty. A record is drawn up about this and signed by the president and members of the electoral committee.