The municipal, town and county electoral commissions, as well as the City Electoral Commission of the City of Zagreb shall have permanent and extended compositions.
The permanent composition of the electoral commission of a unit shall comprise the chairman and two members, as well as their deputies. The chairmen of electoral commissions shall be graduate lawyers.
The extended compositions of electoral commissions shall be determined upon accepting, determining and announcing the slates for the election of members of the representative body of a unit for the representative body of which the elections are conducted, and it shall consist of two representatives each of the political party or coalition with the majority, and two representatives of opposition parties or coalitions, proposed in agreement, according to the party composition of the representative body of a unit. Should the agreement on two representatives of political parties and their deputies not be reached, they shall be elected by dice from among the proposed candidates.
The election of the extended compositions of the municipal and town electoral commissions shall be performed before the county electoral commission, and the election of the extended compositions of county electoral commissions, before the State Electoral Commission.
All members of an electoral commission shall have equal rights and obligations.
