Election Precincts

1. Preparation for and conduct of voting and vote counting shall take place at election precincts, which shall be created by the Central Election Commission or a district election commission in accordance with this Code and shall exist on a permanent basis.

2. Election precincts that exist on a permanent basis shall be created and liquidated by the Central Election Commission according to the procedure established thereby.

3. An election precinct may be regular, special, or out-of-country.

4. Election precincts shall be established with the number of voters from twenty to two thousand five hundred voters.

Election precincts shall be divided into:

1) small - with the number of voters below 500 persons;

2) medium-sized - with the number of voters from 500 to 1,500 persons;

3) large - with the number of voters exceeding 1,500 persons.

5. If the number of voters in a particular territory, establishment, or institution is less than twenty, an election precinct may be established by a decision of the Central Election Commission in the respective territory, establishment, or institution with a number of voters falling short of the limit established by paragraph one of Part four of this Article. Out-of-country election precincts, and in exceptional cases regular election precincts, may be established with more than two thousand five hundred voters.

6. Regular and out-of-country election precincts shall exist on a permanent basis. A special election precinct may exist on a permanent or temporary basis, as provided for by this Code.

7. Each election precinct shall have its own number, address of premises for voting, and location (address of office) of the precinct election commission. The premises for voting and the office of a precinct election commission may have the same address.

Requirements for the premises of the precinct election commission and the premises for voting shall be established by the Central Election Commission taking into account the requirements of this Code.

8. Amendments to the list of election precincts existing on a permanent basis, description of their boundaries, change of location address, temporary closure, liquidation, as well as other changes to information on election precincts shall be made by the Central Election Commission in accordance with its procedure.