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Article 2.2
 

(1) Member of the election commission and polling station shall be a person eligible to vote.


(2) Member of the election commission shall be a person with appropriate qualifications and experience in conduct of the elections, and member of the polling station committee shall be a person with appropriate qualifications.


(3) The Central Election Commission of BiH shall determine what required qualifications are needed for member of the election commission and polling station committee established in paragraph (2) of this Article.


(4) Composition of election commission and polling station committee shall reflect gender representation in line with the Law on gender equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, unless election commission and polling station committee has three members, when gender representation exists in case when one of the genders is represented with 1/3 of the total number of members.


(5) Members of the competent authorities responsible for the conduct of elections shall have to undergo the continued training during their mandate, in accordance to the educational curricula issued by the Central Election Commission of BiH.


(6) If a member of the election commission or polling station committee fails to undergo the training referred to in paragraph (5) of this Article during his/her mandate, he/she shall be released from the duty.