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Article 18
 

(1) The county electoral bureau, the electoral bureau of the district of Bucharest Municipality respectively, shall be made of 3 judges, a representative of the Permanent Electoral Authority nominated by the Authority, and 7 representatives at the most of the political formations that proposed candidates.


(2) The appointment of the judges shall be made in public meeting, within 10 days at most of the coming into force of the Government Decision on setting the election date, by the president of the court of law, by drawing lots, from among the sitting judges thereof or, as is the case of the electoral bureau of the district of Bucharest Municipality, from among the sitting judges of the district court of law. The date of the meeting shall be made public through the press, by the president of the court of law, at least 24 hours before the meeting is held. The drawing of lots shall be done per offices, president and deputy, and shall be recorded in a written report signed by the president of the court of law, and which represents the deed of investiture. The county electoral bureau or the electoral bureau of the district of Bucharest Municipality constituted as such shall carry out all the duties that are incumbent upon it according to this law, and within 24 hours it shall be completed with the representative of the Permanent Electoral Authority.


(3) Within 48 hours at most of the date the candidacies have become final, each political formation that proposed a candidate shall communicate to the county electoral bureau or to the electoral bureau of the district of Bucharest Municipality the full name of its representative. The communications transmitted after this deadline shall no longer be taken into consideration. Within 24 hours of the expiry of the time limit for the communications to be made, the county electoral bureau or the electoral bureau of the district of Bucharest Municipality shall be completed with the representatives proposed by the political formations represented in Parliament, and which proposed candidates, within the limits of the number of representatives provided for in paragraph (1). Within 24 hours of the completion of the county electoral bureaux or of the electoral bureaux of the districts of Bucharest Municipality with the representatives proposed by the political formations represented in Parliament, and which proposed candidates, these bureaux shall be completed by the president of the county electoral bureau or of the electoral bureau of the district of Bucharest Municipality, as the case may be, with the representatives of the other political formations represented in Parliament, and which proposed candidates, within the limits of the number of representatives provided for in paragraph (1), by drawing lots, if the need arises, in the presence of the members of the bureau, and of the candidates or persons delegated by the leadership of the political formations which proposed the candidates.