(1) The elected member of the election commission may not take part in making a second-instance decision if the requesting person or the one against whom the request was made in the case in question is the member’s relative who stands as a candidate at the election or the nominating organisation of that relative.

(2) A member of the election commission may neither request the election commission where he is member to launch a procedure in a matter other than those related to exercising his own suffrage nor lodge an appeal challenging a decision of that election commission; moreover, he may not represent other persons or organisations before that commission or in legal remedy proceedings against a decision of that commission.