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Article 46
 

Appointment of delegates for lists


1 - By the twenty-fifth day before the election, the candidates or agents of the different lists shall send the mayor of the city details of the delegates and alternates for the respective assemblies and polling stations. 2 - The delegates and alternates of the advance polling stations are appointed on the twenty-fifth day before the election.
3 - Each delegate and their alternate shall be presented in advance with a credential, to be filled in by the party or coalition, and this shall be submitted for signature and authentication to the authority referred to in paragraph 1 at the time they are named. It must include the name, parish registration number, the civil identification number and the identification of the electoral assembly where they will exercise their functions.
4 - It is not lawful for parties to challenge the election based on the absence of any delegate.