274.1. If the polling station is not installed by 8:15 a.m. in accordance with the previous article, the following will occur:

a) If the president is present, he will appoint the officials necessary for its integration, going over, in the first place and where applicable, the order to cover the posts of the absent members with the ordinary members present and enabling the substitutes present for the remaining offices, and, in the absence of appointed members, from among the voters who are in the polling station;

b) If the president is not present but the secretary is, this person will assume the functions of president of the polling station and proceed to integrate it into the terms outlined in the previous subparagraph;

c) If neither the president nor the secretary is present, but one of the scrutineers are, this person will assume the functions of president and will proceed to integrate the polling station in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph a);

d) If only the substitutes attend, one of them will assume the functions of president, the others will assume the functions of secretary and first scrutineer, and the former will proceed to install the polling station appointing the officials necessary from among the voters present, after verifying that they are registered in the nominal list of voters in the corresponding section and that they have voter cards;

e) If none of the polling station officials are present, the district council will take the necessary measures for the set-up of the same and will appoint the staff responsible for executing and ensuring its set-up;

f) When, the timely intervention of appointed Institute staff is not possible due to distance or difficulty of communications, at 10:00 a.m., the representatives of political parties and Independent Candidates before the directive boards of the polling station will appoint, by majority, the officials needed to integrate the polling stations from among the voters present, after verifying that they are registered in the nominal list of voters in the corresponding section and that they have voter cards, and

g) In any case, once the directive board of the polling station is integrated according to the previous assumptions, it will begin its activities, will validly receive the vote and will function until its closure.

274.2. In the case referred to in subparagraph f) of the previous paragraph, the following will be required:

a) The presence of a judge or a public notary, who is required to appear and testify to the facts, and

b) In the absence of the judge or public notary, it will be enough that the representatives express their agreement to appoint, by mutual agreement, the members of the directive board.

274.3. The appointments made in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of this article should fall upon voters who are in the polling station to cast their votes; the appointments cannot under any case fall upon the representatives of the political parties or representatives of the Independent Candidates.