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Article 14
 

(1) On the tenth day after the qualifying date at the latest the party persons of confidence wishing to participate in the election campaign (§ 42) shall submit their proposals for the assessors and substitutes, not belonging to the judiciary, of the electoral authorities to be newly established, who have to be appointed according to § 15 al. 3, to the polling officers of these electoral authorities. Regardless of the provisions of § 15 al. 2, the proposals shall be based on the number of assessors and substitute assessors according to the constitution of the electoral authorities on the qualifying date.

(2) Only persons meeting the requirements of § 6 al. 3 can be proposed as assessors and substitute assessors.

(3) The applications shall be addressed to the Federal Minister of the Interior for the constitution of the federal electoral authority, to the Governor of the Province for the constitution of the provincial electoral authorities, to the provincial polling officer for the district electoral authorities, and to the district polling officer for the constitution of the community and precinct electoral authorities.

(4) Applications received late shall not be taken into account, except of electoral authorities whose subsequent constitution has become unavoidable due to modifications in the precincts, in the community area, or in the political districts.

(5) The polling officer can request the party persons of confidence submitting proposals according to al. 1 to expressly declare in written form that the party wants to participate in the election campaign (§ 42). If this declaration is not given, the proposals shall be deemed as not submitted. If the party affiliates are known to the polling officer and he is in the position to assess whether the applying persons do indeed represent the party, or if an application is submitted by a party represented in the National Council, the application shall be accepted immediately for further processing. If this is not the case, the applicant has to ensure that the application is signed by at least one hundred persons having the right to vote, within the period determined in al. 1, if this has not already been done.

(6) Before the appointment of the assessors and their substitutes the applicants can modify or withdraw their applications any time. The provisions of al. 2, 3 and 5 shall apply accordingly.