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Article 20
 

Observation of referendum 


(1) Everyone has the right to observe the acts and procedures of the National Electoral Committee and votingmanagers.


(2) An observer must introduce themselves before commencement of observation.


(3) An observer has the right to write down the numbers of the security devices used in the sealing of the votingequipment.


(4) An observer may neither interfere with a voter’s voting nor the work of the National Electoral Committee orof the elections manager, nor participate in the acts within the competence of an electoral committee or voting manager.


(5) An observer has no right to examine the list of voters, except in order to verify the accuracy of the dataentered in the list of voters regarding themselves.


(6) Where due to shortage of space it is impossible to ensure equal conditions to all observers for monitoringthe procedure, the observation is carried out pursuant to the orders of the National Electoral Committee or the voting manager.


[RT I, 06.05.2016, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2017]