Organisation of the voting

(1) The premises of the polling stations shall be endowed in such a way as to ensure compliance with the requirements of accessibility, legality, transparency, efficiency and solemnity of the voting process. The solemnity of the process shall be ensured by singing the national anthem at the opening of the polling station and displaying state symbols in the polling station. The terms for ensuring the infrastructure of the polling station shall be determined by the instruction approved by the Central Electoral Commission.

(2) The voting shall be carried out in specially arranged premises with desks for ballot paper issuance and voting booths or rooms for secret voting and ballot boxes. The ballot boxes must be placed in such a way as when approaching them the voters shall enter first the voting booths for secret voting. The premises of the polling station shall have a sufficient number of voting booths for secret voting.

(3) To maintain the order inside the polling station and avoid crowding, the Precinct Electoral Bureau shall establish a voter path, beginning with the entry to the tables where the ballot papers are handed out, then to the secret voting booths, and to the ballot boxes.

(4) The polling station premises must be arranged in such a way to allow the Pre­cinct Electoral Bureau members and other persons authorised to assist at the election procedures to continuously observe all aspects of voting procedure, including voter iden­tification, issuance of ballot papers and voters’ casting ballot papers into ballot boxes, votes counting and preparation of minutes.

(5) The local public administration authorities must provide the electoral bodies with premises that observe the rules established in the regulations on the accessibility of the electoral process for persons with disabilities, approved by the Central Electoral Commission. Local public administrations authorities shall provide to the polling voting booths, ballot boxes and other necessary materials, in accordance with the instructions referred to in paragraph (1).

(6) Precinct Electoral Bureau shall be responsible for organising voting, ensuring the secrecy of the expression of the voters’ will, the endowment of the premises and mainte­nance of the due order.