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Section 46
 

(1) The municipal authority designates a polling station for each polling district. Where  possible, the municipalities provide polling stations in municipal buildings. Depending on  the local conditions, the polling stations should be selected and equipped so as to  facilitate election participation for the entire electorate, and in particular for persons with  disabilities and those with reduced mobility. The municipal authorities announce in good  time and in an appropriate manner which polling stations are fully accessible.


(2) In larger polling districts whose electoral registers can be divided into separate parts,  voting may take place simultaneously in several buildings or several rooms of the same  building or at several tables in the same polling station; section 68 subsection (2) applies  accordingly. An Electoral Board is established for each polling station or table. If two or  more Electoral Boards are on duty at one polling station, the municipal authority specifies  which Board is responsible for maintaining public order at the polling station.