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Article 69
 

Voters' committees shall directly conduct voting by voters at polling stations and ensure the regularity and secrecy of voting.


The voters' committees shall be comprised of a chairperson and four members, and deputy members. Two members and their deputies shall be designated by the majority political party or coalition, and two members and their deputies by the opposition political parties or coalition consistent with the current representation of parties in the Parliament.


With Article 50 of the AAAECSP (Official Gazette 53/03), which entered into force on 2 April 2003, the words: "House of the Parliament for which elections have been called" were replaced with the word: "Parliament" in paragraph 2.


With Article 29 of the Act on Amendments to the Act on the Elections of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament (Official Gazette 19/15), which entered into force on 25 February 2015, in paragraph 2, new text was added.


Political parties shall designate members of voters' committees and submit their names to the competent electoral commissions at the latest eight days before election day. If they fail to designate them, or fail to submit their names to the competent electoral commissions within the deadline, such electoral commissions shall independently designate the members of voters' committees.


With Article 29 of the Act on Amendments to the Act on the Elections of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament (Official Gazette 19/15), which entered into force on 25 February 2015, paragraph 3 was partly amended.


The chairperson of the voters' committee and his/her deputy may not be members of any political party and, whenever possible, should be from the legal profession.


Pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article, electoral commissions having competence under the provisions of this Act shall appoint voters' committees for all polling stations at the latest five days before election day.