Formation of voting district committee
(1) In order to hold voting in the territory of a voting district, the council shall form a voting district committee comprising at least five members.
(2) The council shall appoint the chairman of a voting district committee and members of a voting district committee by a resolution on the proposal of the rural municipality or city secretary and in consideration of the principle of political balance not later than on the twentieth day before election day.
(3) The rural municipality or city secretary shall present half of the members of a voting district committee, and the political parties and election coalitions participating in the elections in this rural municipality or city shall present the remaining members.
(4) A political party or election coalition participating in the elections may present one candidate for the position of member of a voting district committee to the rural municipality or city secretary not later than on the fortieth day before election day.
(5) The consent of the person is required to appoint him or her a member of a voting district committee.
(6) If political parties and election coalitions do not present candidates or if the number of candidates presented by them is smaller than the number of places which political parties and election coalitions have in the voting district committee, the council shall appoint the remaining members on the proposal of the rural municipality or city secretary.
(7) If the number of member candidates for a voting district committee presented by political parties and election coalitions exceeds the number of places which political parties and election coalitions have in thevoting district committee, all the remaining candidates are appointed alternate members of the voting district committee.
(8) The council shall appoint, on the proposal of the rural municipality or city secretary and pursuant to the provisions of subsection (7) of this section, at least two alternate members of a voting district committee.
(9) A voting district committee shall elect a deputy chairman of the voting district committee from among its members.
[RT I, 06.05.2016, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2017]
