Central municipal election board

For the duration of its term of office, the local council shall appoint a central municipal election board for the municipality.

The central municipal election board consists of a chairperson, deputy chairperson and three other members as well as the necessary number of deputy members, of which there shall be a minimum of five. The deputy members shall be listed in the order in which they will replace the members.

Both the members and deputy members shall, insofar as possible, represent the voter groups which in the previous municipal elections nominated candidates in the municipality. A member or a deputy member who, according to a candidate application received by the central municipal election board, has been nominated as a candidate by a party or a constituency association cannot participate in the work of the central electoral committee in the elections in question. (563/2015)

The provisions on the central municipal election board laid down in this Act apply, as appropriate, to the committee which in each municipality in the Province of Åland has been appointed for the purpose of conducting municipal elections and which shall act as the central municipal election board in parliamentary elections, presidential elections and elections to the European Parliament. (563/2015)

The central municipal election board shall notify the Population Register Centre of its contact information in the manner specified by the Centre. (247/2002)