Electoral boards

The Electoral Boards shall be cantonal boards, one in each canton, and as many polling station committees as established by the Tribunal for each election in each electoral district in accordance with this Act. The Tribunal shall also regulate the setting up of polling stations in order to enable incarcerated individuals and Costa Rican citizens abroad to vote.

The position of member of boards of elections is honorary and obligatory and, excepting the provisions of Article 32 of this Act, carries immunity from arrest. Therefore, no member of the boards can be arrested from the time of their appointment until the corresponding announcement of election results except by the written order of a competent judge or if discovered in flagrante delicto by the authorities. Voters shall also have similar protection on polling day.

Given that the boards are electoral organizations, their members are public officials in the exercise of their office.