Changes in Composition of Electoral Councils and Bureaus

(1) The member of the electoral council or bureau shall be excluded from the bureau or council:

a) upon personal request;

b) upon dismissal.

(2) The member of the electoral bureau or of the electoral council is dismissed by the body (authority) or by the electoral body that appointed him/her, for these causes: violation of the prohibitions set forth in article 32, paragraph (7) of the present Code; for the infringement of electoral rights of voters; for groundless absence at two consecutive sessions of the electoral body; or for the refusal to enforce decisions of the electoral body he/she is a party to. !e dismissal will be made through a decision of the electoral body he/she is a party to. In the case of a challenge, the dismissal becomes valid after its con#rmation by the hierarchically superior electoral body.

(3) If a member resigns or is dismissed from the electoral council or bureau before the day that precedes election day, a vacant member’s position may be filled as provided for in this Code.