Conditions of voting

(1) The polling station may not be closed and the voting process may not be sus­pended during the time allotted for voting, except for the cases of mass disorders, natu­ral disasters, or other unforeseen circumstances which endanger the voters or make the voting impossible. In such cases, the chairperson of the Precinct Electoral Bureau may suspend voting for no more than 2 hours to bring the polling station to its proper condi­tion or will find another premises, notifying the voters about this fact.

(2) In local elections, when after 2 hours it is impossible to resume the voting that has been suspended due to the reasons mentioned under paragraph (1), the voting is considered suspended for a two-week period at most. The Central Electoral Commission, within 3 days, shall adopt a decision on the day of resuming the suspended voting. The voting shall be resumed under similar legal conditions.

(3) Persons eligible to attend the voting process, shall not be obliged to leave the premises of the polling station during the period, the voting is being suspended.

(4) The electoral procedures for the storage of ballot papers, lists and election docu­ments, and the preparation and transmission of the minutes, in the event of suspension of voting shall be determined by a regulation approved by the Central Electoral Commis­sion.