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Article 38-a
 

(1) The voting at the diplomatic-consular offices or the consular offices shall be conducted by the electoral board, composed of a president and four members.
(2) The selection of members of the electoral boards in the diplomatic-consular offices, or the consular offices, shall be made by the State Election Commission.
(3) The president and the members shall have deputies.
(4) The president and the deputy-president shall be elected from among the diplomats employed at the respective DCO, or the consular offices, randomly, for a 4-year term of office.
(5) If in the respective DCO, or consular offices, the number of employees who can stand for election of president and deputy-president is not sufficient, the deputy-president shall be elected upon proposal of the ruling and the opposition political parties, by drawing of lots.
(6) The members and their deputies shall be elected upon proposal of the ruling and the opposition political parties from the citizens of Republic of Macedonia with permanent residence in the country of voting or a citizen of Republic of Macedonia with permanent residence in Republic of Macedonia. The members and their deputies at the electoral board shall be elected from among the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia with permanent residence in the Republic of Macedonia, if the ruling or the opposition political party, within the deadlines determined with this Code, is not able to propose members and their deputies from among the citizens of Republic of Macedonia with permanent residence in the country of voting, for a 4-year term of office.
(7) Two members of the electoral board and their deputies shall be appointed upon proposal of the ruling and the opposition political parties who had won the most votes at the last parliamentary elections.
(8) Two members of the electoral board and their deputies shall be appointed upon proposal of the opposition political parties who had won the most votes at the last parliamentary elections.