(1) Voting in the elections shall be by secret ballot. The voter shall vote, by presenting a valid personal identification document, in any polling station of his or her choice in the same electoral district in the electoral roll of which he or she is registered. Each voter may vote only once.
(2) In the polling premises, a member of the polling station commission, having previously ascertained that the information on the person is included in the electoral register and that there is no notation regarding participation of this person in the relevant elections, shall enter the given name, surname, and personal identity number of the voter in the electoral roll and shall make a notation in the electoral register regarding the participation of the voter in the elections. The voter shall sign the electoral roll.
(21) If there is a notation in the electoral register regarding the participation of the voter in the elections, however, he or she denies that, the polling station commission shall contact the polling station commission in which the voter, according to the information in the electoral register, has voted and shall clarify whether the signature of the voter is in the electoral roll of the polling station. If the absence of the signature is confirmed, the voter may vote. If there is a signature, the voter shall be refused the possibility to vote.
(3) The ballot papers of all lists of candidates nominated in the electoral district and a special ballot envelope which is sealed with a seal of the relevant polling station commission shall be issued for each voter. The voter shall place in this envelope the ballot paper that conforms to the list of candidates for which he or she votes. The issuing of separate ballot papers is prohibited.
(4) [6 December 1996]
(5) Members of the election commission are prohibited from campaigning for or against candidates or lists of candidates.
[6 November 1996; 6 December 1996; 11 November 2004; 11 June 2020]
