An agent is the person appointed by the representative of each list to represent the list at election events and operations.
The agents can:
- freely access all polling stations, examine how the voting and counting is going at any polling station committee, file complaints and protests and ask for certificates
- if there are no observers for their list, they can be observers for the polling station committee and take part in discussions, although they are not allowed to vote
Agents must identify themselves to the members of the polling station committee by showing their credentials and ID card.
They vote at the polling station committee for which they are registered in the electoral roll.
Key points about agents:
- they are not members of the polling station committee
- they can only vote at the polling station committee for which they are registered
- they can freely access all polling stations
- they can examine how the voting and counting is going at any polling station committee
- they can file complaints and protests and ask for certificates, which will have to be recorded in the records
- if there are no observers for their list, they can be observers for the polling station committee and take part in discussions, although they are not allowed to vote
- they must identify themselves to the members of the polling station committee by showing their credentials and ID card
- they can wear badges or stickers with the name and initials of the list they represent but only to identify themselves as agents without this constituting election propaganda
