District elections authorities

(1) For every political district (administrative district), every town with an own charter and in the City of Vienna in the location of the respective district office of the Vienna City Administration, there has to be appointed a district elections authority. The local jurisdiction of the district elections authorities in the City of Vienna corresponds to the jurisdiction of the respective district office of the Vienna City Administration.

(2) The district elections authority consists of the leader of the district, in the case of towns with an own charter the mayor and in the City of Vienna the head of the district office of the Vienna City Administration or a permanent replacement appointed by them in the capacity of a chairperson and district returning officer and nine assistants.

(3) In case the district returning officer should be temporarily prevented from carrying out his or her duties, he or she has to appoint several deputies and determine the order in which they are to represent him or her.

(4) The district elections authority has its headquarter in the location of the office of the respective district returning officer.

(5) Outside of the City of Vienna, the members of the district elections authorities cannot, at the same time, be members of the municipal elections authorities. In the City of Vienna, the members of the district elections authorities cannot, at the same time, be members of the provincial elections authority for the constituency of the City of Vienna.