Section 24 of the Act on Electoral Procedure as amended by Section 12 of the Act provides for election of “the required number [of members]” to polling station commissions, rather than the previous wording of “three members and the necessary alternate members”. The head of the local election office allocates three elected members to each polling commission and a new requirement provides that if the number of partisan-delegated members is less than two, additional elected members are to be allocated to have five in total. In addition, the discretion of the head of the local election office to supplement members of a polling commission due to high numbers of registered absentee and/or mobile ballot voters has been revised. While previously the discretion was to add members if the number of mobile ballot voters “makes it necessary”, the amendments require additions if the number of mobile ballot voters exceeds forty. At the same time, the discretion to allocate the “necessary” number of members to polling stations designated for absentee voters if the voter list exceeds 1,500 has replaced the previous requirement to allocate explicit numbers of additional members. Even if these provisions aim to ensure smooth election day operations, the broad discretion in some of the provisions may result in inconsistent and ineffective application by the local election offices. The Venice Commission and ODIHR recommend reconsidering this provision.