Accompaniment of the ballot boxes and voting materials to the Ballot Counting Centre

1. Immediately after the completion of the actions specified in Article 113 of this Code, the ballot boxes with the ballot papers and the box with voting materials shall be sent to the Ballot Counting Centre, designated in accordance with Article 94 of this Code. Other materials used during the voting process shall be submitted to the CEAZ within the deadlines and in the manner specified by the CEC.

2. The ballot box/es with the ballot papers and the box with voting materials shall be delivered to the Ballot Counting Centre as early as possible, but no later than 3 hours from the closing of the polls in the voting centre. Their delivery shall be performed with a motor vehicle, in which are seated the members and the secretary of the VCC, as well as a police officer who is charged with guaranteeing the accompaniment and the integrity of the ballot box with the ballot papers and of the box with voting materials. The CEC shall authorize the CEAZ, while also providing it with the necessary funds, to secure the transportation by motor vehicle of the ballot boxes with the ballot papers and the box with voting materials.

3. The police officer, under point 2 of this Article, shall be a permanent police officer of the State Police, except for the criminal police, charged with the duty of accompanying by the CEC upon a proposal of the General Director of the State Police. The accompanying police officer shall, at all times, wear the uniform of the State Police and, in a visible place, the number assigned to him/her by the CEC, as well as his/her surname in a legible size.