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Article 2.3
 

(1) No person can be appointed as a member of an election commission or Polling Station Committee who:


1. is not eligible to stand as a candidate in accordance with Articles 1.6, 1.7 and 1.7a of this law;
2. is a member of the highest executive political body of a political party or coalition (a president, deputy president, the general secretary, secretary or member of the executive board or the central board);


3. holds an elected mandate or is a member of an executive body of authority except in cases referred to in Article 2.12, paragraph (4) of this Law;


4. stands as a candidate for the elections at any level of authority; or


5. has been sanctioned for a serious violation of the electoral laws or regulations where the person was found to be personally responsible for the violation, in the previous four years, starting from the day the decision became final.


(2) The Central Election Commission of BiH shall decide if the severity of the violation and the personal responsibility of the individual, as stated in paragraph (5) of this Article, prohibits the person from being a member of an election commission or a Polling Station Committee.