§ 1. Territorial electoral commissions shall be set up, not later than on the 55th day before the date of elections, by an election commissionerfrom among voters proposed by electoral plenipotentiaries, subject to § 6. Candidates for members of a territorial electoral commission shall be proposed not later than on the 60th day before the date of elections.

§ 2. A territorial electoral commission shall comprise from 7 to 9 persons permanently residing in the action area of a particular council.

§ 3.A territorial electoral commission shall comprise at least one voter proposed by each electoral plenipotentiary, subject to § 4 and 5.

§ 4. In the event of proposing to a territorial electoral commission the number of candidates exceeding the permissible composition of the commission, the composition of the commission shall be decided by a public draw carried out by an election commissioner.

§ 5. If the number of candidates proposed under the procedure mentioned in § 1 is smaller than the permissible minimal numerical composition of the commission, its composition shall be completed by an election commissioner within 3 days after the end of the period mentioned in § 1 – the second sentence, from among persons permanently residing in the action area of a particular council.

§ 6. A voivodship and poviat electoral commission and an electoral commission in a city with poviat rights shall comprise ex officio, as its chairperson, a judge designated by a president of a territorially competent district court.

§ 7. The first meeting of a voivodship electoral commission shall be convened by an election commissioner.

§ 8. The first meeting of a poviat or communal electoral commission shall be convened, under the authority of an election commissioner, respectively by a staroste or a commune head.

§ 9. At the first meeting a territorial electoral commission shall appoint, from among its members, a chairperson and his/her deputy, subject to § 6.

§ 10. Composition of a territorial electoral commission shall be immediately made known to the public by an election commissioner as is customary.

§ 11. The National Electoral Commission shall determine the way of proposing candidates for members of territorial electoral commissions, the model of the notification and the rules on setting up of these commissions, including the procedure for carrying out of the draw mentioned in § 4.