(1) When the local council has decided to hold a referendum under section 9b(1), of the Act on Local Government, the local council shall appoint an election committee, polling supervisors and appointed electors in accordance with section 14, section 15(1) and (2), section 16(1), (2), (4) and (6), section 17(1) and section 18 for local elections with the responsibilities set out in such provisions, subject to the changes resulting from the nature of the referendum, the date and the way in which the referendum will be held, and from subsections (2)-(4) and the rules laid down by virtue of subsection (5).

(2) The election committee shall be appointed not later than four weeks prior to the election day.

(3) The election committee shall discharge the following tasks:

(i) procure ballot papers and notices;

(ii) supervise the final count (recount)

(iii) compute the poll.

(4) The election committee shall keep election records in which it enters all material information on the ballot and the voting result. 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.

(5) The Minister for the Interior and Health may lay down rules for the content and design of the election records and the poll book.