Organisation of a poll at declared polling places

1. Voting eligible for voting at declared polling places shall consist of voters who, due to their health condition or age, are in healthcare institutions (other than outpatient institutions), social care institutions or in compulsory military service and therefore are unable to arrive to vote at the polling district, or are in active military service, civil service, work under employment contracts in international military operations abroad, or voters who are placed on remand or who are serving a detention or custodial sentence or are in arrest houses of territorial police units.

2. Organisation of a poll at declared polling places shall be the responsibility of the chair of the electoral committee of the constituency or of the municipality within the territory of which that declared polling place is situated. The said chair, together with the chairs of the polling district electoral committees assigned by the constituency electoral committee or the municipal electoral committee, shall coordinate the involvement of members of the electoral committees in overseeing the voting process at declared polling places. Voting in military units deployed abroad shall be conducted on the recommendation of the Minister of National Defence under the procedure laid down by the Central Electoral Commission. Commanders of the military units deployed abroad shall be in charge of organising a poll in those military units.

3. On the recommendation of the heads of the institutions referred to in paragraph (1), a constituency electoral committee or a municipal electoral committee shall, no later than 15 days before polling day, draw up a list of declared polling places and set their working hours to ensure that their polling days align with the requirements set out in Article 134(4).

4. The heads of the institutions referred to in paragraph (1) shall compile registers of voters voting at the declared polling places. The said registers must contain each voter’s full name and personal number. The head of the institution shall transfer the roll of voters voting at a declared polling place to the respective constituency electoral committee or municipal electoral committee, receive pre-poll voting forms from that body or print them out based on the data received electronically; and ensure that the said forms are distributed to voters; designate suitable premises for voting; and be responsible for informing voters of the venue and the working hours of the declared polling place and for ensuring that voters have access to it.

5. Voters without motor disorders shall vote under the procedure laid down in paragraphs 4 and 6 of Article 135. Voters with reduced mobility shall be visited by at least two members of a polling district electoral committee and election observers, if desired by the voters.

6. It shall be prohibited to exert influence upon a voter, his self-determination or to rush him to vote.