(1) The Federal Returning Officer, the Land Returning Officers and the District Returning Officers shall appoint the members of the Electoral Committees and one deputy for each member as soon as possible after the announcement of the date of the general election.
The members of the Land Electoral Committees and of the District Electoral Committees shall be appointed from among the electorate of the appropriate area; they should, wherever possible, be resident at the seat of the office of the Returning Officer.
(2) In the selection of members of the Electoral Committees, due consideration should generally be given to the political parties in the order of the number of second votes they obtained in the area at the last Bundestag election and the persons eligible to vote nominated by them in due time appointed.
(3) The Electoral Committees shall continue to exist even after the general election, but not beyond the end of the legislative term.
