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Article J 1
 

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• 1. Voting will take place on the forty-fourth day after the nomination. If Article F 1, third paragraph, has been applied, the Royal Decree referred to in that Article may set the day of the vote on one day after the forty-fourth day after the nomination, provided that the day of the vote is not moved by more days than the number of days by which the day of the nomination was brought forward.


• 2. Voting begins at 7:30 a.m. and lasts until 9:00 p.m.


• 3. The mayor and aldermen may, where desirable in view of the location where the polling stations are held, determine that voting at these polling stations begins earlier or later than 7:30 a.m. and ends earlier than 9:00 p.m. The mayor shall announce these times in the municipal gazette at least fourteen days before the vote.


• 4. The counting of votes at the polling stations referred to in the third paragraph shall take place at 9:00 p.m. at a location to be determined and announced by the mayor and aldermen. The location of the counting shall be announced in the announcement referred to in the third paragraph. If the vote count takes place at a location other than where the polling station last held its session, the polling station shall state in its official report the number referred to in Article J 25, paragraph 9, as well as the numbers referred to in Articles K 11, paragraph 2, and L 17, paragraph 3, in conjunction with Article J 25, paragraph 9.


• 5. A polling station as referred to in paragraph 3, with the exception of a polling station as referred to in Article J 4a, shall be open for at least eight consecutive hours on polling day.