(1) Each polling station shall have a sufficient number of ballot boxes, polling booths, stamps marked “VOTAT”, proportional to the number of voters registered on the permanent electoral rolls and to the estimated number of voters who will be entered in the tables provided for in Article 9, as well as a special ballot box.

(2) The polling booths and ballot boxes shall be placed in the same room as the electoral bureau of the polling station. The polling booths and ballot boxes shall be provided by the mayors of the communes, towns, municipalities and of the administrative-territorial subdivisions of municipalities, together with the prefects.

(3) The president of the electoral bureau of the polling station together with its members shall be present at the premises of the polling station, on the eve of the voting day, at 18:00 hours, being bound to order the necessary measures to ensure the order and fairness of the voting operations. Between 18:00 and 20:00 hours, the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station shall receive, according to the provisions of Article 45 paragraph (1), the requests for voting by means of the special ballot box. The president of the electoral bureau of the polling station shall make sure, with the support of the mayor, that materials of electoral propaganda of any kind are removed from the inside and outside of the polling station, and shall order the setting up of guard posts around the building of the polling station.

(4) Upon departure, the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station shall seal the entry into the voting premises by affixing the control stamp on a paper tape. Leaving the voting premises in possession of the control stamp or of stamps marked “VOTAT”, or of ballot papers or electoral rolls shall be forbidden.

(5) On voting day, the activity of the electoral bureau of the polling station shall start at 6:00 hours. The president of the electoral bureau of the polling station, in the presence of the other members and, as the case may be, of the accredited persons, shall check the ballot boxes, copies of the permanent electoral rolls, ballot papers and stamps, by writing down at letters e) and i) of the minutes provided for in Article 49 paragraph (1) the number of the ballot papers received, the number of the stamps marked “VOTAT” received, respectively. As he opens the sealed packages, the president makes sure he affixes the control stamp on the last page of each ballot paper in these packages. After these actions are completed, the president shall close and seal the ballot boxes by affixing the control stamp on all their openings, except for the slit through which the ballot papers shall be introduced. The lack of some ballot papers shall be written down at letter j) of the minutes provided for in Article 49 paragraph (1).

(6) The president of the electoral bureau of the polling station shall be bound to take the necessary measures for the proper conduct of the elections. His duties shall also extend outside the building of the polling station, in the courtyard, at the entries into the courtyard, around the building, as well as in the streets and public squares, within a distance of 500 m.

(7) The measures ordered by the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station shall be brought to public knowledge by posting them in a visible place.

(8) The administrative measures ordered by the electoral bureaux with reference to electoral posters shall be carried out by the mayor of the administrative-territorial unit, as soon as these have been communicated to him.

(9) To keep order, the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station shall have at his disposal the necessary means of order, provided by the mayor and the prefect, together with the representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

(10) Except for the members of the electoral bureau of the polling station, the computer operators, the persons assigned to maintain the order, the persons provided by Article 47 paragraph (1) and the technical personnel appointed to provide a remedy for the malfunction of the informatics systems and communications used in the electoral process, no other person shall be allowed to remain in the public places in the voting area or in the building of the polling station longer than the time necessary to vote.

(11) Throughout the voting process, the members of the electoral bureaux of the polling stations, the persons in charge with keeping order, the accredited persons and poll operators of poll institutes, of the companies or of the non-governmental organizations shall be forbidden to wear name tags, badges or any other signs of electoral propaganda.

(12) On voting day, between 7:00 and 21:00 hours, the trading and consumption of alcoholic beverages within the protected area of the polling station, as provided for in paragraph (6), shall be prohibited.

(13) For the polling stations abroad, the provisions of this Article shall apply, as the case may be, by taking into account the specific circumstances regarding the organization thereof.