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ARTICLE 37
 

Composition of cantonal boards


Cantonal boards shall comprise one voter proposed by each of the political parties participating in the election with candidacies registered in that electoral district.


Each political party shall notify the TSE in writing of its proposed presiding and substitute members for each canton three months before an election and through the chairman of the superior executive committee of the party or the chairman of the executive committee of the cantonal caucus. Failure to do so shall entail the loss of all rights to propose members of the respective board.


Within three days of the expiry of this deadline, the Tribunal shall rule on the appointments of the individuals proposed. If any of the proposals is contrary to law, it shall notify the proposing party of this for the corresponding replacement and shall publish the resolution in which the constitution of the cantonal boards is declared in La Gaceta, the official gazette, following the same order as the electoral district map.