Establishment of polling station committees

Immediately after appointing the members of the polling station committee, the Tribunal shall notify the cantonal boards and the corresponding police authority. The election adviser shall communicate the time, date and location for these individuals to appear to be sworn in.

If members of the board do not appear before the aforementioned authorities for reasons of distance or any other just cause, they may be sworn in before the respective police district delegate or the election adviser appointed by the Tribunal provided that they do so within the stipulated period. The Tribunal must be notified that these members have been sworn in for the polling station committee in question to be deemed established. 

If a member of a polling station committee has not appeared to be sworn in one month before the election, the party that appointed such member shall be entitled to propose a new voter as a member of the board in question. The Tribunal shall revoke the appointment and if the polling station committee is left with less than three members as a consequence of this, it shall immediately appoint the new members required for the board to function with at least three members.

The positions of chairman and secretary of the polling station committee shall be distributed by the TSE.

The distribution carried out by the Tribunal shall be immediately notified to the political parties, the cantonal boards, the Electoral Registry and the police authority of the location where the board shall perform its duties.