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Voting Operations
VO003
Electors vote at
Question: Where can electors vote?
Answer(s):
a . At a specified polling station in the locality where they are registered at national elections d . At specially designated polling stations j . Other
Comments: 87.1. Polling shall be held in polling stations from 07:00 a.m. until 22:00 (10:00 p.m.) by
Ulaanbaatar time on the polling day.
Source: Electoral Law of 2016, Art 87, 89. : https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/7739/file/Mongolia_law_elections_2015_am2016_en.pdf
Verified: 2020/02/17
VO004
Voting outside the country is permitted for
Question: Who can vote from outside the country?
Answer(s):
b . Citizens residing outside the country
Comments: 88.1. Polling in a foreign country shall be held in polling stations set up by the subcommission from 07:00 a.m. until 22:00 (8:00 p.m.) by the foreign country’s local time on the
polling day set by the State Great Hural.
Source: Electoral Law of 2016, Art. 88 : https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/7739/file/Mongolia_law_elections_2015_am2016_en.pdf
Verified: 2020/02/17
VO005
Locations for voting outside of the country
Question: If voting outside the country is permitted, at what places?
Answer(s):
a . Embassies
Comments: Article 88. Polling place and timing in foreign country
88.1. Polling in a foreign country shall be held in polling stations set up by the subcommission from 07:00 a.m. until 22:00 (8:00 p.m.) by the foreign country’s local time on the
polling day set by the State Great Hural.
88.2. The sub-commission shall announce the polling date, timing, and polling station
locations to the voters residing in the foreign country until the polling day.
88.3. The head of a diplomatic mission of Mongolia in a respective foreign country shall
ensure that polling stations have a number of voting booths adequate for the number of voters
to vote by secret ballot, that there is sealed stationary, and that mobile ballot boxes are set up 3
days prior to polling day.
88.4. A polling station shall have adequate number of voting booths that enable voters to
vote freely and by secret ballot.
88.5. Voters residing in a foreign country shall cast their votes using a ballot paper
printed by the central election authority.
88.6. The central election authority shall seal the ballot papers along with envelopes and
deliver them to the sub-commission through the central commission within at least 3 days prior
to the polling day in a foreign country.
88.7. The sub-commission shall receive ballot papers in the presence of all its members
and report thereon shall be prepared and signed.
88.8. The sub-commission shall seal and store ballot papers in a facility protected from
fires, floods and unforeseen dangers.
88.9. An election official who violated Articles 88.2 and 88.7 hereof shall be subject to a
fine in tugriks equal to six-fold to eight-fold of the monthly minimum wage.
Source: Electoral Law of 2016, Art. 88 : http://gec.gov.mn/en/index.php?singlepage=23&&page=law (2017)
Verified: 2020/02/17
VO011
Voting method
Question: How do electors cast their votes?
Answer(s):
a . Manually marking of ballots d . Electronic voting machine
Comments: 93.1. A person voting through a mobile box shall mark his/her vote by secret ballot in a
mobile voting booth.
94.1. A voter shall obtain a ballot paper along with its envelope and mark the name of a
candidate he/she supports according to the instruction on the ballot paper in a voting booth.
/This article was amended on May 05, 2016 by law/
94.2. A voter shall put the ballot paper in its envelope and seal it, and put in the ballot
box after he/she marks his/her vote.
Source: Electoral Law of 2016, Art. 93, 94 : https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/7739/file/Mongolia_law_elections_2015_am2016_en.pdf
Verified: 2020/02/17
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