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Article 182
 

a)          § 1 shall read as follows:


“§ 1. A precinct electoral commission shall be appointed from among the voters by the electoral commissioner no later than the 20th day before election day, subject to the provisions of Article 183.”,


b)         after § 1a, § 1b and 1c shall be added and read as follows:


“§ 1b. The electoral commissioner, if the preservation of the efficiency of the voting process so requires, may supplement the numerical composition of the precinct electoral commission in a municipality where an increased number of voters can be expected compared to the number of voters listed in the register of voters, except that the number of members of the commission may not exceed the permissible composition of the commission referred to in § 1a point 4.


§ 1c. The National Electoral Commission shall compile a list of the municipalities referred to in § 1b, on the basis of requests from electoral commissioners, no later than the 30th day before election day.”,


c)          § 3 shall read as follows:


“§ 3. The following shall be appointed to precinct electoral commissions in separate electoral precincts:


1)           5 persons in electoral precincts up to 100 persons,


2)           7 persons in electoral precincts from 101 to 300 persons,


3)           9 persons in electoral precincts from 301 to 500 persons,


4)           11 persons in electoral precincts over 500 persons


- from among candidates nominated by electoral officers or persons authorized by them.”,


d)         after § 3, § 3a shall be added and read as follows:


“§ 3a. The number of persons to be appointed to precinct electoral commissions in separate electoral precincts shall be determined on the basis of the number of persons residing in medical institutions, social welfare homes, penitentiary institutions and detention centers and external wards of such institutions and detention centers, as well as student residences or student housing complexes in which electoral precincts have been established, on the date of establishment of separate electoral precincts therein.”;