Opening the voting and presence of VCC members and secretary

1. After performing the duties provided for in Article 101 of this Code, the chair of the VCC shall declare the voting open, but not before the time prescribed in Article 11 of this Code.

2. The secretary of the VCC shall note in the VCC Meeting Record Book the time of departure and return of any VCC member who leaves the voting centre. When the chair leaves the voting centre, they shall pass the chair’s stamp to the other member of the same political affiliation, to use it until their return. The VCC secretary shall make the respective annotation in the VCC Meeting Record Book. When the secretary leaves the voting centre, the VCC stamp and the Meeting Record Book shall be transferred for use to the deputy chair until the return of the VCC secretary. The respective annotation shall made in the VCC Meeting Record Book to reflect this fact.