(1) For each polling district, cf. section 51, the local council shall elect not less than five and not more than nine polling supervisors to conduct the polling and the vote count at the polling station.

(2) Polling supervisors are elected by proportional representation in one step from among all voters residing in the municipality.

(3) A voter standing in the election is eligible as a polling supervisor.

(4) From among the polling supervisors the local council elects a chairman for each polling district. The chairmen are elected by proportional representation.

(5) The polling supervisors shall keep a poll book in which they enter all material information about the voting in the polling district and the result thereof. Separate poll books are kept for local and regional elections. The Minister for the Interior and Health shall lay down the rules governing the content and design of the poll books.

(6) The chairman of the polling supervisors shall ensure that a sufficient number of polling supervisors are always present at the polling station immediately before and during the election process, cf. section 52, and during the subsequent counting of votes, cf. section 74(1), to ensure an appropriate election process and counting of votes. A majority of the appointed polling supervisors shall, however, always be present at the polling station during the election process and the subsequent counting of votes. The polling supervisors shall obey the directions of thechairman of the polling supervisors. All pollingsupervisors shall be present when the poll book is signed, cf. section 76(1), 1st sentence.