(1) Before the voting starts, the polling station commission, together with the voter voting first, who must not be a member of the polling station commission or the keeper of minutes, shall examine the condition of ballot boxes and check whether they are empty.

(2) Ballot boxes shall be sealed in the presence of the voter voting first in such a manner that ballot papers cannot be taken out of them without taking the ballot box apart.

(3) Subsequently, the polling station commission members present and the voter voting first shall certify, signing the polling district minutes, that the ballot boxes were sealed empty and in accordance with the rules.

(4) The polling station commission shall place a control sheet in the mobile ballot box containing the time and date of the placement of the control sheet and the signatures of the members of the polling station commission present and of the voter voting first.

(5) Voting shall not commence before the ballot boxes are certified.