(Amended on 13/3/2018 in accordance with the article 23 of Law 7102) If one or more of political party members fail in performing their tasks, the substitute member(s) of a political party or parties those are included in the board replace the member(s) as an alternate before the voting begins or during voting, reserving the penal provisions. If this is not possible and the number of committee members is reduced to less than three, this fact is registered and the missing members are appointed by the chairman amongst literate persons eligible for voting in that ballot-box periphery.