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Article 16
 

Any person sitting on an election board must request a replacement if he/she is a candidate for a municipal council in restricted elections by proportional representation.

A member of an election board must also request a replacement when a ruling is to be issued on a matter concerning his/her spouse or other person who is a relation by blood or marriage in a direct line or at one lateral remove, or to whom he/she is related in a similar manner as the result of adoption.