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Article 11
 

(1) An election commission member may resign from the commission by submitting a notice to the relevant city, district, county or pagasts council.

(2) If an election commission member fails to fulfil his/her duties or is negligent in fulfilling them, if the member violates the rules or if it is revealed that he/she is ineligible to be elected according to Article 6 of this law, the election commission member may be recalled upon the request of the Central Election Commission, the relevant election commission or its chairperson.

(3) The decision about recalling an election commission member shall be taken by the council which has established the relevant commission. If the proposal to recall an election commission member has been received after elections or after a national referendum has been announced, the chairperson of the respective council shall convene a council meeting within three days.

(4) If an election commission member has  resigned from the commission or has been recalled, the council chairperson shall invite the next candidate from the reserve list who has received the majority of votes; but if there are no more candidates on the reserve list, the council shall announce a new deadline for the nomination of election commission candidates.

(As amended by the 19.06.1998 law and the 02.11.2000)