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Article 19
 

(1) A natural person employed or hired in the election administration shall be punished for a minor offence by a fine in an amount of 600 to 3.000 KM, if he/she:


1. participates in the decision which may raise doubt as to his/her ability to act impartially in violation of Article 2.1. or in a different way violates the oath from Article 2.1, paragraph (3);
2. fails to designate polling stations in the territory of the municipality for voting at all levels of authority in BiH in violation of Article 2.13 paragraph (1) sub-paragraph 2);
3. fails to provide the election materials for voting at all levels of the elections in BiH in violation of Article 2.13 paragraph (1) sub-paragraph 5);
4. fails to notify voters of information necessary for the administration of elections as directed by the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina as prescribed by Article 2.13 paragraph (1) sub-paragraph 6); 
5. conducts the counting of ballots at the polling station and in the counting centre or consolidates election results from the polling stations in an inappropriate manner or does not enter the election results in the relevant software application or in a proper manner in violation of Article 2.13, paragraph (1) sub-paragraph 9);
6. appoints the president and a member of a polling station or a deputy in violation of Article 2.19;
7. violates the prohibition of the abuse of the right to participate in the work of the Polling Station Committee by fictitious representation from Article 2.19 paragraph (14);
8. fails to update data in line with the changes in the number of voters and regulations of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina as prescribed by Article 3.8, paragraph (3) sub-paragraph b);
9. fails to provide access to the excerpt from the Central Voters Register in the territory of its municipality as prescribed by Article 3.8, paragraph (3) sub-paragraph c);
10. fails to provide data for the Central Voters Register established by the regulations of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina as prescribed by Article 3.8, paragraph (3) sub-paragraph d);
11.fails to keep the records of requests and complaints and fails to keep the supporting documentation as prescribed by Article 3.8 paragraph (4);
12. designates the polling stations contrary to Article 5.1, paragraph (2), including the functioning of technical equipment;
13. fails to ensure video surveillance in line with Article 5.2.a, paragraph (1);
14. fails to lock and secure the election material including respective election technologies as prescribed by Article 5.3, paragraph (3);
15. fails to deliver at the polling station relevant election technologies as prescribed by Article 5.3a, paragraph (1) or fails to lock the election technologies as prescribed by and Article 5.3a, paragraph (2);
16. is unjustifiably absent during the process of voting and ballot counting in line with Article 5.5 or is unjustifiably absent from collective manual counting of voters, ballots, tendered ballots envelopes and votes in violation of Article 5.23 paragraph (5);
17. fails to assign duties to the members of the Polling Station Committee or register them as prescribed by Article 5.6, paragraph (2);
18. fails to remove an individual disturbing the Polling Station as prescribed by Article 5.6 paragraph (3);
19. allows bringing into the Polling Station political insignia or a symbol in violation of Article 5.6 paragraph (5);
20. fails to keep the Poll Book on the operation of the polling committee continuously, in detail and legibly, in the regulated form and with the information as prescribed by Article 5.7, paragraph (1);
21. fails to display at a visible place the list of members of the polling station committee with the names of the political subjects that nominated them in line with Article 5.8, paragraph (1), sub-paragraph 5);
22. fails to explain to the voter the manner of polling or fails to secure secrecy of the voting as prescribed by Article 5.11, paragraph (1);
23. fails to identify the voter in line with Article 5.13, paragraph (1) or fails to ascertain that the signature of a voter in the excerpt from the Central Voter Register corresponds to the signature affixed on the identification document establishing the identity of the voter in line with Article 5.13, paragraph (2) and (3);
24. issues a ballot contrary to the provisions governing the issuance of ballots from Article 5.13;
25. helps an individual with voting in the manner which is not in accordance with this Article 5.19;
26. fails to record information or complete the forms in line with Article 5.25; or
27. fails to ensure that the data of the consolidated summary of voting results for the municipality are in accordance with Article 5.27 of this Law.


(2) For the minor offence fromparagraph (1) sub-paragraphs 1, 7, 14 to 27 of this Article, the members of the Polling Station Committee shall be punished by a fine in anamount of 600 to 10.000 KM.


(3) For the minor offences from paragraph (1) sub-paragraphs 1, 7, 14 to 27 of thisArticle, the political subject on whose behalf the member of the Polling Station Committee is appointed shall be punished by a fine in an amount of 3.000 to 10.000KM.