The General Electoral Commissioner announces that according to the current electoral legislation, the voting for the presidential elections of January 28, 2018, in the polling stations that will operate in the Republic, will begin at 7:00 am. and will stop at 12 noon, for an hour break. Voting will resume at 1 p.m. and will normally end at 6:00 p.m.
A relevant announcement states that in this regard, the voting hours for the polling stations abroad have been set as follows:
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COUNTRY
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VOTING HOURS (LOCAL TIME OF THE COUNTRY)
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| United Arab Emirates | 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. with a break of 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
| KATAR BACHREIN Saudi Arabia |
10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. with a break of 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
| GREECE BULGARIA |
7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. with break 12.00 pm - 1:00 pm |
| AUSTRIA BELGIUM FRANCE GERMANY NETHERLANDS SWEDEN Czech republic |
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. with a break of 1.00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. with a break 12 pm - 12:30 pm |
| USA | 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
It is noted that the chairperson of each polling station may, if necessary, extend the voting hours until 9:00 pm at the latest, if there is a large number of voters outside the polling station waiting to vote.