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Article 23
 

23.-(1) Not later than when an election has been called shall an election committee be chosen for each nomination district. In municipalities comprising more than one nomination district one common election committee shall be chosen.

(2) The election committee receives announcements of candidatures and procures ballot papers and notices. Furthermore, the election committee supervises the final counting and the tabulation of the vote in the nomination district.

(3) Members of the election committee are elected by the local council by proportional representation. The group in the local council appointing a member shall also appoint a substitute. The mayor is a member of the election committee, in the City of Copenhagen the mayor in charge of public elections. Other members and substitutes are chosen from among members of the local council, in the City of Copenhagen from among the members of the City Council or the Executive.