(1) When a voter enters the polling station, he or she receives an official ballot paper. The Electoral Board may require the voter to show his or her voter’s notification for this purpose.
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(2) The voter enters the polling booth, marks the ballot paper there, and then folds it so no-one can see how he or she has voted. It is not permitted to take photos or videos in the polling booth. The Electoral Board takes care to ensure that only one voter is in a polling booth at any one time and that each voter only remains in the polling booth as long as necessary.
(3) The voter then proceeds to the table of the Electoral Board. Upon request, the voter must hand over his or her voter’s notification and, particularly if a voter’s notification is not presented, produce a form of personal identification.
(4) When the record keeper has found the voter’s name in the electoral register, the voter's eligibility to vote has been established and there are no grounds to turn the voter away as per subsections (6) and (7), the Electoral Officer grants the voter access to the ballot box. The voter places the folded ballot paper in the ballot box. The record keeper records the casting of the vote in the designated column of the electoral register. Except for the purpose of establishing a voter's eligibility to vote, the members of the Electoral Board are not authorised to announce personal details of the voter in such a way that these may be noted by other persons present at the polling station.
(5) (Repealed)
(6) The Electoral Board must turn away any voter
1. who is not registered in the electoral register and is not in possession of a polling card,
1a. who is unable to produce a form of personal identification when asked to do so by the Electoral Board or refuses to cooperate in the process of establishing his or her identity,
2. who does not present a polling card although there is a mark indicating the issue of a polling card in the electoral register (section 30), unless it is established that the voter is not entered in the polling card register,
3. who already has a mark in the electoral register indicating that his or her vote has been cast, unless the voter presents proof that he or she has not yet voted, 4. who has marked or folded his or her ballot paper outside the polling booth,
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5. who has folded the ballot paper in a way that allows others to see how he or she has voted or has put a visible sign on the ballot paper that clearly compromises the secrecy of the ballot,
5a whom the Electoral Board has found taking photos or videos in the polling booth, 6. whom the Electoral Board has found trying to insert several ballot papers into the ballot box, or a ballot paper that has not been officially produced, or trying to put an object into the ballot box together with the ballot paper.
A voter to whom the conditions in the first sentence, number 1 apply and who has not lodged an objection, trusting that he or she is registered in the electoral register on account of the notification he or she received, must be informed, where appropriate, on being turned away that he or she may request a polling card from the municipal authority until 3 p.m.
(7) If the Electoral Officer believes it necessary to question the eligibility to vote of a person listed in the electoral register or if an Electoral Board member expresses concerns as to whether a voter should be permitted to cast his or her vote, the Electoral Board decides on the granting or refusal of permission to vote. The decision must be noted in the election record.
(8) If the voter makes a mistake on the ballot paper or accidentally renders the ballot paper unusable, or if the voter is turned away pursuant to subsection (6) numbers 4 to 6, the voter must be given a new ballot paper upon request after he or she has destroyed the old ballot paper in the presence of an Electoral Board member.