Appointment of PSC members and their chairpersons

77.1 Immediately after receiving all the nominations, the MECs will assign the nominees to their proposed PS observing the following set of rules:

a) no more than one person from a single list of PSC nominees submitted under article 76.2 shall be appointed as a PSC member in the same PS;

b) in selecting from among candidates on a list of PSC nominees submitted under article 76.3, preference shall be given to the candidates with better qualification and particularly to those with previous election experience;

c) no more than one person from within the same immediate family may be appointed to the same PSC. For the purposes of this article, immediate family includes spouse, children, parents and siblings;

d) in new municipalities or where results from previous elections were not certified, the membership of PSCs shall be selected by lot among those political entities certified to participate in the upcoming elections for that municipality.

77.2 The MEC shall submit these nominations to the CEC Secretariat for recommendation to the CEC no later than five (5) working days after receiving the nominations. The CEC shall appoint all PSC members, including reserve PSC members, no later than four (4) days after receiving the nominations.

77.3 The chairpersons of a polling station committee shall be chosen equally between the four certified Political Entities that received the most votes during the last Kosovo Assembly election in that municipality.

77.4 Notwithstanding the preceding paragraphs of this article, if so required, the CEC shall have the authority to appoint at its sole discretion PSC members that do not meet the requirements of this article.