Election of Deputies to the National Assembly

CHAPTER 7, THE PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF VOTING

Article 26. Ballots

The ballots in the election by the majoritarian system lists in the alphabetical order the first and last names, the patronymic of the candidate for deputy, his/her party membership, employment and job description, in the election by the proportional system the name of the registered public-political organization or their bloc (or the abridged name, if the public-political organization uses one), as well as the first and last names and the patronimics of the first three candidates for deputy in the list.

Article 27. The certificate of the right to vote

Each voter is issued a certificate of the right to vote. The certificate of the right to vote is a sheet of paper consisting of two similar sections that can be separated. It has entries of the first and last names and the patronymic of the voter, the day, month and year of his/her birth, the address of residence, the numbers of the electoral district and the electoral precinct, as well as the number across the last name of the voter in the list of voters.

Article 28. The disbursing and collection of the voting documents

The voting documents are disbursed and received in the electoral committees with a mandatory entry in the register containing the signatures of the giver and taker as well as recording the transaction by way of issuing a receipt.

The ballots and certificates of the right to vote are allocated to the electoral committees in the previously approved quantities.

Article 29. The place and time of voting

The voting takes place on the day of the elections from 8AM to 8PM.

A voter participates in the elections only in the precinct that includes his/her residence.

In exceptional cases the the place and time of voting may be changed by a decision of the Central Electoral Commission.

Article 30. The organization of voting

The voting takes place in specially allocated buildings, where a sufficient number of booths or rooms must be furnished to carry out the secret ballot, and tables installed for the registration of voters and distribution of the ballots. The ballot boxes must be placed in a location visible for the majority of those entitled to be present in the precinct.

Before the voting begins the the precinct electoral committee approves by a decision the list of those its members, who will confirm with their signatures the authenticity of the ballots. If before the voting begin a member of the committee insists on the necessity of the ballots being signed by him/her, he/she is granted that opportunity. In such cases the decision of the committee is recorded without voting.

Then the chairman of the committee checks, closes and seals the ballot box in the presence of the members of the committee and persons entitled to be present at the sessions of the committee, after which he/she hands the counted quantity of the ballots to the persons responsible for the ballots and the persons responsible for registering voters with filled in certificates of the right to vote, making a corresponding entry in the register.

Article 31. The implementation of voting

Each voter registers by signing in the voters list across from his/her last name, upon presenting the passport or other proof of identity.

The member of the committee responsible for registration signs and hands the voter the certificate of the right to vote, which is also signed by the voter. The member of the committee responsible for the ballots signs in the registered voters certificate of the right to vote, separates the corresponding coupon from the certificate and drops it in the coupon box sealed by the committee, after which hands the voter the ballot.

The ballot is filled by the voter in the booth or room for secret ballots.

The voter that is incapable of personally fill in in the ballot may at his/her discretion invite another person into the ballot booth or room, excluding the members of the committee and proxies.

Except for the above-mentioned case the presence of other persons in the ballot booth or room during the filling of a ballot is prohibited.

In the ballot of the election by the majoritarian system the voter leaves the last name of only one preferred candidate, crossing out the last names of other candidates.

In the ballot of the election by the proportional system the voter leaves the name of only one preferred public-political organization or their bloc, crossing out the names of other public-political organization or their blocs.

In case there is only one candidate for deputy or one public-political organization on the ballot the voter crosses out the words I agree if he/she votes against it, or crosses out the words I disagree if he/she votes for.

The voter brings out the closed ballot from the ballot booth or room and personally drops it in the ballot box.

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