Polling bureaus

1. Polling bureaus shall be constituted in every polling station and they will be composed of two members of the local council and by polling controllers. The bureaus will be chaired by members of the local council in the order established by protocol. People registered as candidates shall not be part of the polling bureau. However, in the case that all the members of the local council are candidates, the Electoral Commissionshall appoint by drawing of lots the two members of the local council that will be part of the bureau, excluding the major and minor consuls and the two heads of the candidate lists.

2. Each of the groups of voters who have presented a candidature can appoint a full polling controller and substitute polling controller for each polling bureau. The appointment shall be communicated to the local councils by the legal representatives of the candidature on the last working day prior to election day.