(1) For the organisation and unfolding of the electoral operations, according to this law, the Central Electoral Bureau, county electoral bureaus, constituency electoral bureaus and electoral bureaus of polling stations are set up.

(2) Electoral bureaus are composed only of citizens with the right to vote. The candidates, their spouses, parents and in-laws up to the second degree, inclusively, cannot be members of the electoral bureaus.

(3) While fulfi lling the duties incumbent upon the electoral bureaus, their members exercise a function implying State authority. The correct and fair exercise of this function is mandatory.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of Law no. 188/1999 on the Statute of civil servants, republished, as subsequently amended and supplemented, persons holding public offi ces can be members of the electoral bureaus.