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Article 13
 

Municipal central election committee For the duration of its term of office, the council shall appoint a municipal central election committee for the municipality. The municipal central election committee consists of a chairperson, deputy chairperson and three other members and the necessary number of deputy members, of which there shall be at least five. The deputy members shall be listed in the order in which they replace the members. Both the members and deputy members shall, if possible, represent the voter groups which in the previous municipal electionsnominated candidates in the municipality. The member or deputy member who, according to the candidate application received by the central election committee, has been nominated as a candidate by a party or a constituency association cannot participate in the work of the central election committee in the elections in question. The provisions on the municipal central election committee laid down in this Act shall apply, as appropriate, to the committee which in each municipality in the Province of Åland has been appointed for the purpose of conducting municipal electionsand which shall act as the municipal central election committee in parliamentary elections, the Presidential election and European Parliamentary elections. The municipal central election committee shall notify the Population Register Centre of its contact information in the manner it specifies.