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Article J 4
 

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• 1. The mayor and aldermen may designate mobile polling stations in their municipality. The mayor shall announce such a designation in the municipal gazette at least fourteen days before the vote.


• 2. The mayor and aldermen shall determine the meeting times and designate locations where the mobile polling stations will be stationed during polling day. The times and locations shall be announced in the announcement referred to in the first paragraph.


• 3. Before a polling station as referred to in the first paragraph moves to another location, the ballot box slot shall be closed and sealed by the chairperson of the polling station in the presence of the persons present. The chairperson shall retain the key used to lock the ballot box while it is being moved to the next location. After the mobile polling station arrives at its new location, the chairperson opens the ballot box in the presence of those present.


• 4. Article J 1, paragraph 4, applies mutatis mutandis.