The Code tries to introduce certain limitations as to persons who have the right to be present at the polling station for public order concerns. They refer, for example, to the regulation of the voter flow in the polling station (Art. 54.2b), the election of supervisors from the observers (Art. 57.1, Art. 59.2), the identification of persons who have the right to stay at the polling station (e.g. Art. 67.3, Art. 69.8, Art. 71.3) and to the restriction of the number of domestic observers of each organisation and of representatives of each election-subject per election commission/election precinct (Art. 68.3, Art. 71.2). Apparently, such provisions aim at preventing situations where unauthorised persons are present at the polling station, and the polling stations are overcrowded. If such provisions are not used to obstruct the electoral observation and monitoring, they might be helpful in organising the conducting of the elections. According to the law the following persons have the right to be present in the polling station: members of the CEC, DEC and PECs, representatives of the CEC and the DEC, representatives of the election-subjects, representatives of the press and other media, and observers. However, a large number of unauthorised persons have been present in the polling stations during recent elections.
