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Article 9
 

Appointment of Electoral Bodies

 (1) The Federal Returning Officer and his Deputy shall be appointed by the Federal Minis-try of the Interior; the Land Returning Officers, District Returning Officers and Electoral Officers and their Deputies shall be appointed by the Land Government or the agency designated by it.

(2) The Federal Electoral Committee shall be composed of the Federal Returning Officer as Chairman and eight qualified voters appointed by him as assessors. The other electoral committees shall be composed of the Returning Officer as Chairman and six qualified voters appointed by him as assessors. The Electoral Boards shall be composed of the Electoral Officer as Chairman, his Deputy and three to five other qualified voters appointed by the Electoral Officer as assessors; the Land Government or the agency designated by it may order the assessors of the Electoral Board to be appointed by the local authority of the commune and the assessors of the Electoral Board formed for the establishment of the result of the postal ballot by the District Returning Officer, in the event of an order pursuant to Article 3 (8), by the local authority or district authority alone or in concurrence with the Electoral Officer. Whenever possible, account shall be taken of the parties represented in the polling district when appointing assessors.

(3) No one may be a member of more than one electoral body. Candidates standing for election, spokespersons for nominations and deputy spokespersons may not be appointed members of an electoral body.