Chapter 7

1. Voting shall be held in the polling station of the district electoral commission in the course of one day, without break, between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.

2. The voting in polling districts created on Polish ships and abroad shall be held between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. local time. If such voting would be concluded on the day following the day of the ballot in Poland, voting shall be held on the preceding day.

1. A voter shall, before casting a vote, produce to the district electoral commission a document which shall give proof of his identity.

2. repealed.

3. A voter who has submitted to the commission a certificate confirming his right to vote shall be allowed to cast a vote upon first being entered in a roll of voters. The certificate confirming the right to vote shall be appended to the roll of voters.

1. After concluding the actions referred to in Article 50, a voter shall receive from the commission a ballot paper having been stamped with its own seal. The voter shall confirm the receipt of the ballot paper with his signature in the section of the roll of voters designated for such purpose.

2. A voter shall, upon receiving a ballot paper, go to a place guaranteeing secrecy for voting in the polling station.

A voter shall personally cast a vote for one of the candidates whose name has been listed on the ballot paper by putting an "x" mark in the box on the left-hand side thereof, adjacent to his [i.e. chosen candidate's] name.

A voter shall insert his ballot paper into the ballot-box which shall be located in an accessible and visible place in the polling station.

Handicapped persons may be assisted in voting by other persons who shall not be members of the district electoral commission nor poll observers.

Persons bearing arms shall be forbidden entry to the polling station.

1. The district electoral commission shall, before voting begins, ensure that the ballot-box is empty, that rolls of voters and the necessary number of ballot papers are available and also that the polling station contains a suitable number of readily accessible places assuring secrecy of voting and thereafter the ballot-box shall be locked and sealed with the commission's seal.

2. The ballot-box shall not be opened from the moment it is sealed until the conclusion of voting.

1. At least 3 persons from the district electoral commission, one of them being the commission chairman or deputy chairman, shall be present at all times from the commencement of voting until its results are established.

2. Poll observers shall have the right to be present in the polling station on the election day, on the basis of an authorization issued by an agent referred to in Article 45, para. 2.

1. The chairman of the district electoral commission shall safeguard the secrecy of voting and the maintenance of public order and peace during the voting.

2. The chairman of the district electoral commission shall have the right to demand that any person disturbing peace and order shall leave the polling station.

3. On the request of the chairman of the district electoral commission, the commandant of the territorially appropriate police station shall be obliged to provide any necessary assistance.

4. In the event of disturbance of order in the polling station, the provisions of Article 55 shall not apply.

1. Voting shall not be interrupted. When, due to extraordinary events, voting shall be temporarily impossible, the district electoral commission may order its interruption, prolongation or adjournment until the following day. Any resolution in this respect shall immediately be made known to the public and shall be transmitted to the regional electoral commission and to the head of the commune or mayor (president of town) and shall be delivered to the National Electoral Commission through the regional commission.

2. The commission shall, in the event of any interruption or adjournment of voting, seal the aperture of the ballot-box and deliver it, with the roll of voters, into the custody of the commission's chairman. In such event, the stamp of the commission shall be delivered into the custody of the deputy chairman or another member of the commission. The commission shall also determine the number of unused ballot papers and place them in a sealed package, and shall deliver them into the custody of the commission's chairman. Before the resumption of voting, the commission shall confirm in an official record that the seals on the ballot-box and seals on packages of ballots are intact.

The district electoral commission may order an early termination of the voting if all the voters entered in the roll of voters have cast their votes. The chairman of the district electoral commission shall immediately notify the regional electoral commission of any order to terminate the voting.