Electoral material during their · Production: for example, ballot papers; · Transportation to various electoral constituencies; · Safe storage over the full extent of the territory; 2. The day of voting: it is possible to resort to the public security forces for: Securing the voting centres and their immediate surroundings during the election; Protecting electoral agents during the counting of the votes and the transportation of electoral documents towards the centres of assembly; Protecting the assembly and voting centres at the various venues; 3. The post-voting stage: the resort to security forces can be justified at this stage to ensure: The security of the safe-keeping of electoral documents on the way to the national electoral commission and other institutions(the electoral dispute judges, etc.) The protection of electoral dispute judges and their workplaces. 4. From the foregoing, it is possible to establish a categorization of possible actions of security forces during elections: Static actions which consist essentially in keeping watch over places and the storage of electoral materials; 198