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Article 10
 

(1) The councils shall verify whether the election commission candidates meet the requirements prescribed by  law (Article 6) 

(2) A separate vote shall be taken for each election commission candidate. Those candidates who have received the majority of votes and not less than the qualifying number of votes required for passing a decision shall be deemed elected.

(3) The names of those candidates who have received the requisite number of votes but who are not included in the election commission shall be put on the reserve list in the sequence of votes received (most to least).

(4) The councils shall issue to election commission and polling station commission members standard identity cards validated by the Central Election Commission.

(5) The councils shall notify the Central Election Commission about the formation of an election commission and its membership within five days after the election commission has been elected. The notification should contain information that has been provided in the nomination form on each member of the commission (Article 8, paragraph 1) 

(As amended by the 13.06.2002 law)