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Special Polling Stations

The Election Code of Georgia allows establishment of special polling stations in military units with more than 50 voters (military servicemen, officers, persons with special rank of the Ministry of Defense of Georgia), in hospitals and other inpatient facilities with more than 50 voters, and more.

Clearly, para.4 of Article 23 of the Election Code of Georgia envisions opportunities (as opposed to mandatory rules) for establishing special polling stations, whereas DECs decided to establish (or not to establish) special polling stations in areas with more than 50 voters on ambiguous grounds. 

In addition, the above provision does not provide an exhaustive list of places and circumstances where special polling stations may be set up. In particular, by stipulating that there are “more” cases where special polling stations may be set up, para.4 of Article 23 creates room for abuse. The said provision also stipulates that in a military unit (command) with no more than 50 voters, a polling station may be set up based on a substantiated written request of the unit commander. The above stipulation is ambiguous because it does not clarify what constitutes a “substantiated written request” or what serves as grounds for denying or accepting the request. 



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03.12.2015


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