(1) If certain voters who are located in the territory of the electoral district in the electoral roll of which they are registered are unable to come to the polling premises due to their state of health, the polling station commission shall, on the basis of a written submission from such voters or their authorised person which shall be registered in a special log, organise voting at the location of such voters, ensuring a secret ballot. Authorised observers (Section 35, Paragraph two) are entitled to observe such voting.
(2) Voting at the location of voters shall be organised also for the carers of the persons referred to in Paragraph one of this Section if they have submitted in good time a written submission regarding voting at their location.
(3) Voting of other voters outside the polling premises is not permissible.
(4) [20 October 2022]
(5) On the election day the polling station commission shall continue to accept written submissions regarding voting at the location of voters. Submissions accepted after 12.00 noon shall be satisfied by the polling station commission if it is possible to arrive at the location of voters until 8.00 in the evening.
(6) Voters who in accordance with Paragraphs one and two of this Section vote at their location shall be entered in a separate electoral roll and the sealed envelopes shall be inserted in a separate sealed box.
(7) Information on the ballot envelopes issued for voting at the location of voters and spare ballot envelopes, including damaged ballot envelopes, shall be entered in the election procedure report.
(8) For voters who are subject to arrest as the security measure or who are serving a sentence related to deprivation of liberty, or who are at a place of temporary detention, voting is organised at the location of such persons in accordance with the procedures laid down in Paragraph one of this Section.
(9) The polling station commission shall be contacted if it is not possible to ascertain at the location of a voter that the information on the person is included in the electoral register and that there is no notation regarding the participation of this person in the relevant elections. If it is not possible, the voting shall take place by using registration envelopes in accordance with the procedures laid down in Section 36.1 of this Law.
[6 April 2000; 11 November 2004; 11 June 2020; Constitutional Court judgment of 30 March 2022; 20 October 2022]
