Work of election board and electoral commission

The election board and the electoral commission have a quorum when three members are present.

The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act on disqualification are not applied to the members and deputy members of the election board and the electoral commission.

The election board shall appoint one or more polling assistants for the voting on election day. The provisions on polling assistants are laid down in section 73. The election board may appoint assistant personnel for the purpose of counting and organising the ballots as well as for the purpose of using the voting register referred to in section 77 and other information systems of the Ministry of Justice.Stipulations of the administrative regulations referred to in the Local Government Act concerning the drafting and examining minutes and making them available, the referral of a matter to a later meeting, the presence of a local executive representative and the chief executive or the mayor and their right to speak at meetings, presentation procedure, procedure when a matter is referred to a higher decision-making body for consideration, and financial management of the municipality are not applied to the election board and the electoral commission.