(1) The assessors and substitute assessors of the federal electoral authority, to be newly established before each election, are appointed by the federal government.
(2) The appointment of the assessors and substitute assessors of the other electoral authorities to be newly established is the responsibility of the new electoral authorities, namely, the federal polling officer in terms of the provincial electoral authorities, the provincial polling officer in terms of the district electoral authorities, and the district polling officer in terms of the community and precinct electoral authorities. Should this cause a modification of the constitution of the electoral authorities compared with the date of the announcement of the election, the persons of confidence of the parties concerned by this modification (§ 14 al. 1) shall submit the required proposals within the period determined by the electoral authority.
(3) The assessors and substitute assessors not belonging to the judiciary will be appointed on the basis of the party proposals in application of the d’Hondt maximal number procedure according to their strength determined by the preceding election of the National Council in the jurisdiction of the electoral authority, with regard to precinct electoral authorities in the territory of the community.
(4) However, if a party (§ 14 al. 1) is not entitled to appoint an assessor according to al. 3, it shall be entitled to send to each electoral authority at most two representatives as persons of their confidence, if it is represented by at least three members in the previously elected National Council. The same right is granted to those parties not being represented in the previously elected National Council accordingly with regard to the provincial electoral authorities and the federal electoral authority. The persons of confidence shall be invited to the meetings of the electoral authorities. They shall participate in the proceedings without voting rights. Eventually, the provisions of al. 1, 2 and 5, and of §§ 6 al. 3, 14, 16 al. 2, 19 al. 1, 2, 3 first sentence, 4 and 5, 20 and 56 al. 1 last sentence, shall be applied accordingly.
(5) The names of the members of the electoral authorities shall be publicly announced the usual way.
