1. The VCC is composed of seven members and a secretary and is established in accordance with the manner and the criteria provided by article 29 of this Code for all kinds of elections, except for letter (ç) of point 1 of article 29 of this Code.
2. The members and the secretary of the VCC are appointed only for the period of the elections. Proposals for the members and the secretary of the VCC are to be submitted no later than 45 days prior to the election date and, in case of partial or early elections, 20 days before the election date. The CEAZ appoints the VCC members no later than 5 days after the submission of the proposals, when it finds that the proposal is in compliance with the requirements of articles 37 and 38 of this Code. In any case, their appointment is made not later than 20 days prior to the election date.
3. In case of partial or early elections, the VCC is to be established no later than 15 days after the President issues his decree setting the election date.
4. When the seat of a member or of the secretary of the VCC becomes vacant, it is to be filled within 3 days, but not later than 24 hours prior to the opening of the voting process. The replacement of a member leaving on Election Day is to be completed no later than 2 hours from the notification of departure.
5. As a rule, the replacement of the members and of the secretary of the VCC is carried out with persons who have been trained in electoral legislation.
