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Parliamentary Elections 2011 -
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Voting on Election Day
Voting on Election Day
On election day the polling stations are open between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. There is at least one polling station in every municipality, and the total number is approximately 3000. Voters may cast their votes at the polling station stated in the voting register and on the card sent to them before the elections.
An election committee consisting of five members arranges the voting at a polling station. At the polling station a voter first has to show an identity card to the election committee which checks the voting register to see that the he/she is entitled to vote and that he/she has not voted in advance. Then the committee hands over a ballot to the voter who in a polling booth writes the number of the candidate he/she wants to vote for on the ballot. In the polling booth is a combined list of candidates with all the candidates and their numbers. Next the ballot has to be folded so that the number can not be seen, after which it is presented to the election committee which stamps it. Finally, the voter drops the stamped ballot into a ballot box.
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