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Article 106
 

Appointment of boards of officers at the collation and counting stations


1 - On the twelfth day before that of the election, the delegates of the different lists will meet in a venue provided by the electoral administration of the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Administration and select the officers of the stations for collating and counting the votes of electors residing abroad, immediately informing the National Electoral Commission of their choice.
2 - In the absence of an agreement, the next day the delegate of each list proposes, in writing, to the National Commission of Elections two citizens for each place yet to be filled, two citizens for each place yet to be filled, so that a choice can be made between them within 24 hours.
3 - If not enough citizens have been proposed by the delegates of the lists to constitute the team of officers, it is the responsibility of the National Electoral Commission to appoint the missing members.
4 - The names of the boards of officers chosen by the delegates of the lists or by the entity referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be posted in a notice published within 24 hours by the electoral administration of the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Administration and any elector can complain to the chair of the National Electoral Commission on the following two days, based on an infringement of the legally established requirements.
5 - The chair of the National Electoral Commission shall rule on the complaint within 24 hours and, if it is granted, they immediately proceed with the new appointment against which there can be no complaint.
6 - By five days before the day of the election, the National Electoral Commission shall draw up the documents for the appointment of the boards of officers of the stations for collating and counting the votes of the electors residing abroad.