(1) For the organisation and conduct of the specific operations during the electoral period, there shall be set the Central Electoral Bureau, the county electoral bureaux, the electoral bureau of the polling stations abroad, the electoral bureaux of the Bucharest Municipality districts, and the electoral bureaux of the polling stations.

(2) The electoral bureaux shall be made up only by citizens eligible to vote.The candidates, their spouses, relatives, and in-laws up to the second degree inclusive are not allowed to be members in the electoral bureaux.

(3) In carrying out their duties, the members of the electoral bureaux shallexercise a position that implies state authority. The fair and unbiased exercise of the position of member in the electoral bureau shall be mandatory. The failure to comply with this obligation shall entail the legal, civil, or criminal liability, as the case may be.

(4) No one may be at the same time a member in two or more electoralbureaux.

(5) The minutes drawn up on the setting up and filling in the vacancies inthe electoral bureaux shall prove the capacity as member in the electoral bureau.