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Article 118
 

(1) Everybody who according to § 117 item 1 is entitled to vote in the repeated election may claim to be issued an electoral card. For the issuance of the electoral card and for voting with electoral cards, the provisions of §§ 38 to 40, 56, 68, 70, and 72 shall apply accordingly, with the proviso that for electoral card voters the electoral card shall in addition to the official ballot contain an envelope with an imprint of the number and name of the provincial constituency, the identification letter and the name of the regional constituency as well as the address of the provincial electoral authority where the electoral card has been issued.

(2) In constituencies where the election has not been cancelled, electoral card voters shall cast their vote at the community electoral authority and the precinct electoral authorities installed for the cancelled election according to § 72, unless otherwise provided in al. 3. In the before-mentioned special election precincts outside of Vienna the community electoral authority can also assume the function of the precinct electoral authority.

(3) In larger communities subdivided in precincts during the cancelled elections and where the election in the constituency had not been cancelled, the community electoral authority, and in the City of Vienna the "Magistrat" (municipal authority), shall determine in due time, however at the latest by the fifth day before election day, at which precinct electoral authority electoral card voters may cast their vote.

(4) The community electoral authorities, and in the City of Vienna the "Magistrat" authority, shall determine in due time, however at the latest by the fifth day before election day, the opening hours during which voters can cast their votes. The opening hours and the polling stations for electoral card voters shall be publicly posted at the latest by the fifth day before election day.