Article 98._ On the polling day, the members of the Polling Station Commission shall arrive at the polling station no later than 6:00 (six) o’ clock in the morning before the polling starts in order to make appropriate preparations. The political party agents and electoral observers shall be allowed to enter the polling station at 6:00 (six) o’ clock in the morning. The Polling Station Commission shall verify the credentials of the political parties’ agents and of the electoral observers before allowing them to enter into the polling station. Article 99 Between 6:00 o’ clock and 6:30 o’ clock in the morning on the polling day, the Polling Station Officers shall perform the following tasks: - Re-check the given ballot box and check the labels or signs marking the ballot box properly - Show everyone inside the polling station there is nothing inside the ballot box - Then, lock the box and seal it - Attach labels and signs to the box stamping it with the seal of the polling station on top of it - Allow all agents of political parties and observers to check the ballot box, labels and signs posted on top of it - Tables and chairs for political party agents and election observers are in place on the left-hand side of the Chairperson’s table or/and behind the tables of the vicechairperson and secretary if available. In the event that electoral materials and equipment are given to the polling station after 6:30 am in the morning, the Chairperson of the Polling Station Commission shall, upon receipt of those materials and equipment, put off the polling at that polling station temporarily until the above-said procedures are completed. After the label numbers or marks are already posted on the ballot boxes the ballot boxes cannot be left open, except for the purpose of vote counting as stipulated in this law and cannot be removed from the polling station, except that they are transported to other place for counting in case the law or regulations require that the ballots be counted at another place. Article 100._ Between 6:30 am in the morning and 7:00 o’clock in the morning, the Chairperson of the Polling Station Commission shall order the envelope to be unlocked with a secret seal to stamp on the back of each ballot, count the ballot papers and record the number and serial numbers on the stub of the ballot papers according to the format determined by the National Election Committee. Article 101._ The Chairperson of the Polling Station Commission shall open the polling station at 7:00 o’clock in the morning.

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