Venue and time of voting on polling day

1. Voters shall vote under the procedure laid down by this Code vote in the polling districts on whose electoral rolls they has been entered, unless this Code provides otherwise.

2. On polling day, voting shall take place in polling stations of polling districts from 7a.m. to 8 p.m.

3. When a state of emergency is introduced in all or part of the territory of the Republic of Lithuania, an emergency is declared under the procedure laid down by law, quarantine is declared in the cases and under the procedure laid down by law, the freedom of movement of persons is temporarily restricted, or other restrictions are established and when there are grounds to believe that due to restricting voters’ access to vote there is no possibility to hold a regular election or that the preparation and conduct of an election may be threatened, voters voting in polling stations must be provided with the necessary safety precautions. In such circumstances, by decision of the Central Electoral Commission, voting on polling day in a polling district where the number of voters entered on the electoral roll exceeds 3 000 may take place in that polling district in additionally set-up premises which have been made suitable for voting. Additional polling stations, additional polling booths and an additional ballot box must be provided (rented) by the municipal administration under the procedure laid down by this Code within seven working days from the entry into force of the decision of the Central Electoral Commission. The Central Electoral Commission must take this decision no later than 15 working days prior to the election. The Central Electoral Commission shall lay down the procedure for informing voters entered on the electoral roll of a polling district about the possibility to vote in the additional polling station; the procedure to be followed by the electoral committee for affixing the seal to the additional ballot box; and the procedure for organising the poll and conducting the accounting for and counting of the ballot papers.