§ 1. Election officers shall be appointed for the area of a given municipality in the number necessary to ensure the proper and efficient functioning of precinct election commissions, for a period of 6 years, from among those with higher education:
1) employees of offices serving: government administration bodies, local government bodies or units subordinated to them or supervised by them;
2) other persons with at least 5 years of service in the offices or units referred to in point 1.
§ 2. Election officers perform tasks from the day of ordering elections to the day of resolving election protests and in other situations when it is necessary.
§ 3. The list of election officers operating in a given municipality shall be published immediately in a customary manner.
§ 4. The National Election Commission shall determine, by resolution, the number of election officers, procedure and conditions for appointing election officers, taking into account the need to ensure the proper and efficient preparation, conduct of elections and the functioning of precinct election commissions.