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Article 15
 

Election committee and electoral commission The municipal board shall, in good time before the elections, appoint: an election committee for each voting district consisting of a chairperson, a deputy chairperson and three other members and the necessary number of deputy members, of which there shall be at least three; and one or more electoral commissions for the purpose of conducting the advance vote in an institution and at-home voting, each consisting of a chairperson, a deputy chairperson and three other members and the necessary number of deputy members, of which there shall be at least three. Both the members and deputy members of the election committee and electoral commission shall, if possible, represent the political parties which in the previous parliamentary elections nominated candidates and were registered in the register of political parties in the electoral district in question. However, in municipal elections, the members and deputy members shall, correspondingly, represent the voter groups which in the previous municipal electionsnominated candidates in the municipality. For the purpose of conducting the advance vote in institutions, the deputy members of the election committee and the deputy members of the electoral commission shall be listed in the order in which they replace the members. A person who is a candidate in the election cannot be a member or a deputy member of the electoral commission. The names and contact information of the chairpersons and deputy chairpersons of the election committees and electoral commissions shall be notified to the municipal central election committee.