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Section 8
 

Organization of Electoral Bodies


(1) Electoral bodies shall be the Federal Returning Officer and the Federal Electoral Committee for the electoral area, a Land Returning Officer and a Land Electoral Committee for each Land, a Constituency Returning Officer and a Constituency Electoral Committee for each constituency, an Electoral Officer and an Electoral Board for each polling district, and at least one Electoral Officer and an Electoral Board for each constituency to establish the results of the postal ballot. The Constituency Returning Officer shall determine how many postal ballot boards are necessary to establish the result of the postal ballot on the same day as the election.


(2) A Joint Constituency Returning Officer may be appointed and a Joint Electoral Com-mittee formed for several neighboring constituencies; the Land Returning Officer shall issue the order.


(3) In order to establish the result of the postal ballot, Electoral Officers and Electoral Boards can be appointed for one or several municipalities or for specific districts in the constituency instead of for every constituency. The Land Government or the agency des-ignated by it shall issue the order.