(1) The Polling Station Committee shall consist of three (3) or five (5) members of whom one shall be appointed as the President.

(2) The President and members of the Polling Station Committee shall have deputies. In order to be appointed, the President, members of the Polling Station Committee and their deputies shall have to meet the requirements provided by Articles 2.2 and 2.3 of this Law. The President of the Polling Station Committee and his/her Deputy shall not be members of a political party nor be performing a duty in the bodies of a political party, an association or a foundation related to a political party in organizational or financial terms, nor be involved in any political party activities and must be able to exercise their duties in a non-partisan manner

(3) The Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall appoint, dismiss, register, train, certify and evaluate the President and his/her Deputy.

(4) The President of the Polling Station Committee and his/her Deputy shall be appointed once a public procedure has been completed and according to the criteria established by the law and the additional criteria established by the by-laws of the Central Election Commission of BiH. The list of candidates for the President of the Polling Station Committee and his/her Deputy shall be made by the Central Election Commission in consultation with the Municipal Election Commission(s) in the period between two election cycles through one or more open competition announcements, and it shall be updated every six months.

(5) The remaining members of the Polling Station Committee and their deputies shall be appointed by the Municipal Election Commission no later than 45 days prior to the date of conducting the elections.

(6) A complaint may be filed to the Central Election Commission against the decision appointing the President of the Polling Station Committee and his/her Deputy. Decision of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina upon complaint shall be final and binding and no appeal shall be allowed to be filed against this decision. A complaint may be filed to the Municipal Election Commission against the decision of the Municipal Election Commission appointing member(s) of the Polling Station Committees, and their deputies referred to in Paragraph (5) of this Article. An appeal may be filed to the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina against the decision of the Municipal Election Commission deciding the complaint. Decision of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall be final and binding and no appeal shall be allowed to be filed against this decision.

(7) For the general elections, the posts of members and deputy members of the polling station committees referred to in paragraph (5) of this Article shall be filled at the proposal of political subjects represented in the BiH Parliamentary Assembly, the FBiH 

Parliament, the Republika Srpska National Assembly, in the previous election cycle. In the election cycle for the local elections, the posts of members and deputy members of the polling station committees referred to in paragraph (5) of this Article for each of the basic electoral constituencies shall be filled at the proposal of political subjects represented within the directly elected bodies of local self-government of that basic electoral constituency during the previous election cycle.

(8) The political subjects referred to in paragraph (7) of this Article shall be entitled to participate in the lottery procedure for allocation of positions of the members/deputy members of the Polling Station Committee provided that they have a certified list for that level of authority.

(9) If the Municipal Election Commission fails to appoint the members of the Polling Station Committee and their deputies in accordance with Paragraph (5) of this Article, then the Central Election Commission of BiH shall appoint the members of the Polling Station Committee and their deputies.

(10) The lottery procedure referred to in paragraph (7) of this article shall be conducted by the Municipal Election Commission within the period of no less than sixty (60) days prior to the Election Day.

(11) Once the lottery procedure has been completed, but not longer than within seven days following the lottery, the political subject participating in the lottery procedure shall provide the Municipal Election Commission with the list containing the names of the candidates for members and deputy members of the Polling Station Committee in which they have won the positions through the lottery procedure.

(12) Should a political subject fail to provide the names of the candidates for the posts of Polling Station Committee members and deputy members within the period provided in paragraph (11) of this Article or should it deliver less candidates for the posts of members and deputy members than what is their required number, such failures shall be considered as a waiver from the position allocated in the Polling Station Committee. In that case the Municipal Election Commission shall appoint the missing Polling Station Committee members and their deputies from its own reserve list of the candidates trained for the membership in the Polling Station Committee, taking into account the multi-ethnic composition of the Polling Station Committee wherever possible.

(13) Efforts shall be made to ensure the gender representation within the Polling Station Committee in accordance with the Law on Gender Equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of BiH, Nos. 16/03, 102/09, and 32/10), unless the Polling Station Committee is made of three members when the equal representation exists in the case where one of the genders is represented with 1/3 of the total number of members.

(14) The abuse of the right to participate in the work of the Polling Station Committee by fictitious representation as prescribed by Article 7.3, paragraph (2) of this Law shall be prohibited.

(15) The conducted lottery procedure shall be open to the public and be covered with audio-video recordings in line with the mandatory instructions issued by the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

(16) Only one member and one [his/her] deputy of a single political subject may be a member of one Polling Station Committee.

(17) The candidate appointed as President and the candidate appointed as Deputy President of the Polling Station Committee shall have the obligation to attend the special continuing training required for the work in a Polling Station Committee and organized by the Central Election Commission. Once the test of knowledge has been

completed, the Central Election Commission shall award certificates to the successful presidents and their deputies.

(18) The presidents and deputy presidents of the Polling Station Committees who have received the certificate shall have the obligation to participate in the training of the Polling Station Committee members, which is organized by the Municipal Election Commission. Once the test of knowledge has been completed, the Municipal Election Commission shall award certificates to the successful Polling Station Committee members and their deputies.

(19) Members of the Polling Station Committees shall be entitled to a remuneration for their work. The decision about the amount of remuneration for work of the members of the Polling Station Committees performed shall be made by Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina.