2024-10-06 00:56:13
Voters with permanent disabilities who do not allow them to leave their homes have the right to vote with a mobile ballot box in the elections for people’s representatives on October 27, 2024, the Central Election Commission (CEC) decided in a meeting broadcast online, based on the regulations of the Electoral Code.
One voting section with a mobile ballot box can cover the territory of one or more settlements within the municipality.
Sections are formed on the territory of each settlement if by October 12 (14 days before election day) there are applications submitted by no less than 10 voters with permanent disabilities that do not allow them to exercise their right to vote in a polling station, but wish to vote, and their permanent or current address is on the territory of the relevant settlement, the CEC adopted. The application for inclusion in the voting list with a mobile ballot box is submitted to the mayor of the municipality/district/city hall/mayor’s deputy. It must be signed by hand and can be submitted by an authorized person or sent by mail, fax or an electronic application with the same content through the website of the municipality/district. A copy of a document from TELK, NELK or a medical epicrisis about the health of the voter is attached to the application for voting in a mobile polling station. When the applicant has not submitted a copy of a document, a check is carried out and the presence of the voter’s disability is established in the official way.
On the territory of each municipality, at least one mobile sectional election commission is appointed in the presence of no less than 10 voters who have expressed a desire to vote in this way, says the CEC’s decision
On the territory of the cities with regional division, voting sections with mobile ballot boxes are formed by order of the mayor of the municipality, respectively the mayor of a region. They may cover the territory of more than one administrative district within the multi-mandate electoral district.
Consultations on the composition of the mobile sectional election commissions (SEC), in case they were not held simultaneously with the consultations on the appointment of the SEC, are held at the mayor of the municipality according to the procedure for holding consultations on the appointment of sectional election commissions until October 14. The regional election commission appoints a PSIC, who will serve the mobile ballot box, not later than 10 days before the election day. Electoral lists for voting in PSIK for the elections for people’s representatives on October 27 are drawn up when no later than October 12 no less than 10 voters have submitted an application for voting with a mobile ballot box.