Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act Article 53

Polling stations for the presidential and vice-presidential election shall be set up in government agencies or institutions, schools, public places or other appropriate places on the basis of the distribution of voters.The locations of the polling stations specified in the preceding paragraph shall be equipped with barrier-free facilities. If such choices are not available, the stations shall use appropriate auxiliary equipment and tools to provide assistance to persons with physical disabilities so that they may cast their ballots. The election commission shall appropriately increase the number of workers available to assist persons with physical disabilities according to the level of barrier-free access available in the stations.Polling stations shall only admit qualified voters, children under the age of 6 who are in the care of a voter, the family member or companion accompanying a qualified voter as specified in Paragraph 4 of Article 14, and workers with credentials issued by an election commission. This shall not apply to prosecutors who, by law, require access to polling stations for the performance of their duties.After the polls close, polling stations shall immediately transform into ballot counting stations and shall publicly count the ballots. After all ballots have been counted, the chief administrator and the chief supervisor of the ballot counting station shall announce the result of the ballot count as it appears on the vote and ballot count report form and shall immediately post it at the entrance of the ballot counting station, sign duplicate copies of the vote and ballot count report form, provide the signed copies to the political parties that recommended candidates and the representatives of candidates registered by way of joint-signature petition; each political party or representative shall only receive one copy.After the polls have closed and all ballots have been counted, the chief administrator of the polling and ballot counting station and the chief supervisor shall jointly separate, package and seal the surplus ballots, valid ballots, invalid ballots, and the list of qualified voters, then sign their name or affix their seal across the sealed opening and transfer the sealed items to the township/city or district office, which shall forward them to the special municipality or county (city) election commission for safekeeping.The ballots referenced in the preceding paragraph shall only be unpacked when prosecutors or the court exercise their legal right to do so.After all ballots have been counted, the ballots and the list of qualified voters referenced in Paragraph 5 shall be retained for the period stipulated below:1. Residual ballots shall be retained for one month.2. Valid ballots and invalid ballots shall be retained for six months.3. The list of qualified voters shall be retained for six months.If a lawsuit is filed during the retaining period detailed in the preceding paragraph, the retaining period for the portion relating to the lawsuit shall be prolonged and shall expire three months after the final judgement.