Approved by Decision # 11/67
dated on July 12, 2003
of the Central Election Commission
of the Republic of Azerbaijan

C O M M E N T
on rules for early voting of voters

1.1. Voting is conducted since 8.00 till 19.00 on the Presidential Election Day of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
1.2. The Central Election Commission hands ballot papers together with envelopes to the relevant Precinct Election Commission (PEC) according to the act compiled by participation of chairman and secretaries at least 5 days prior to the voting day.
1.3. The relevant Constituency Election Commission (Con.EC) can allow the conduct of the voting in ships navigating under the flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan, remote districts 10 days prior to the voting day. For this purpose, the Con.EC adopts the relevant decision.
1.4. For this purpose, the relevant Con.EC applies to the Central Election Commission and makes valid report on the causes of the conduct of early voting.
1.5. The Con.EC must indicate the number of polling stations where the voting is to be conducted and the number of voters, as well as the number of necessary ballot papers and envelopes in its report.
1.6. According to the appeal of the Con.EC, the Central Election Commission provides with ballot papers together with envelopes at the amount stated to the relevant Con.EC at latest 10 days prior to the voting day in accordance with the act compiled by participation of chairman and secretaries. In the exceptional cases, the ballot papers for polling stations organized in ships navigating under the flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the text of the protocol on the voting results can be delivered via wireless or other technical means.
1.7. According to the requirements of the Election Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan the relevant PEC shall provide the Con.EC with the protocol on the voting results not later than within 24 hours after the end of the voting.
1.8. If all voters included in the voters lists participated in the voting in the Azerbaijani Sector of the Caspian Sea, ships navigating on the voting day, places temporarily settled by voters-hospitals, sanatoriums, rest homes, prisons, isolation places, institutions of confinement, then PECs can report on the early ending of the voting.