Formation of rural municipality or city electoral committee

(1) A rural municipality or city electoral committee shall be comprised of at least five members.
[RT I, 04.07.2017, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2018]

(2) The members of a rural municipality or city electoral committee shall be appointed not later than on the ninetieth day before election day.

(3) The authority of rural municipality and city electoral committees shall continue until the new membership of the committee is appointed.

(4) The chairman of a rural municipality or city electoral committee shall be the corresponding rural municipality or city secretary. If a substitute is appointed for the time of the absence of a rural municipality or city secretary based on subsection 55 (5) of the Local Government Organisation Act, a substitute for a rural municipality or city secretary shall perform the functions of the chairman of a rural municipality or city electoral committee.

(5) The members of the rural municipality or city electoral committee shall be appointed by the council on the proposal of the rural municipality or city secretary.

(6) The council shall also, on the proposal of the rural municipality or city secretary, appoint up to two alternate members who, during the term of the committee and in the order specified by the council, shall replace committee members whose authority has terminated.

(7) The deputy chairman of a rural municipality or city electoral committee shall be elected by the committee from among its members.

(8) Clerical support to a rural municipality or city electoral committee shall be organised by the rural municipality or city government.

(9) A rural municipality or city government shall designate and publish the location of the rural municipality or city electoral committee.

(10) A rural municipality or city electoral committee shall specify and publish its working hours. An electoral committee shall work on each working day for the period from when the time for the nomination of candidates begins to the last day of declining to stand as a candidate.
[RT I, 06.05.2016, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2017]