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Appointment of additional polling stations and presiding officers if necessary

Belize City Council (Registration Of Electors And Elections) Regulations, reg. 54 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) The Returning Officer may, if he considers it necessary, appoint more than one polling station, but in case of such appointment he shall appoint presiding officers for the taking of the poll at such polling station or polling stations. (2) Where more than one polling station is established for Belize City the Returning Officer shall divide the register of electors for Belize City into as many separate parts as there are polling stations in Belize City, and each such part shall form the official register of electors for the particular polling station. A voter shall vote at the polling station where his name appears on the official register of electors for the particular polling station. (3) When more than one polling station is established for Belize City the registering officer shall for the purpose of checking the identity of electors, break up the binders of registration record cards into as many separate parts as there are polling stations in Belize and supply each such polling station with the part of the binders of registration record cards relating to that polling station. After the completion of the poll the registering officer shall ensure that the binders of registration record cards are restored to their original positions. (4) The Returning Officer shall provide each polling station with such number of compartments as he may consider necessary to enable electors to record their votes screened from observation.
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