(1) At 7.00 in the morning a chairperson of the polling station commission or the secretary shall, in the presence of the commission, ascertain that the ballot boxes, allotted for depositing ballot papers, are empty. After this the opening part of the box shall be sealed.

(2) Without interfering with the work of the commission, the election procedure may be concurrently observed by not more than two authorised observers from each political party or alliance of political parties that has submitted the list of candidates for the respective constituency, and also by the members of the Central Election Commission, members of the relevant local government election commission, and persons authorised by these commissions, mass media representatives. A candidate may not act as an authorised observer.

[30 May 2002; 9 March 2006; 26 February 2009; 6 February 2014; 8 April 2021]