(1) A rural municipality or city electoral committee is comprised of at least five members. [RT I, 04.07.2017, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2018] (2) The members of a rural municipality or city electoral committee are appointed not later than on the 90th day before the election day. (3) The term of authority of rural municipality and city electoral committees continues until the new committee is appointed. (4) The chair of a rural municipality or city electoral committee is the corresponding rural municipality or city secretary. Where a substitute is appointed for the time of the absence of a rural municipality or city secretary based on subsection 5 of § 55 of the Local Government Organisation Act, the substitute for the rural municipality or city secretary performs the functions of the chair of a rural municipality or city electoral committee. (5) The members of the rural municipality or city electoral committee are appointed by the council on the proposal of the rural municipality or city secretary. (6) The council appoints, on the proposal of the rural municipality or city secretary, also up to two alternate members who, during the term of authority of the committee and in the order specified by the council, replace the committee members whose term of authority has terminated. (7) The deputy chair of a rural municipality or city electoral committee is elected by the committee from among its members. (8) Clerical support to a rural municipality or city electoral committee is organised by the rural municipality or city government. (9) A rural municipality or city government designates and publishes the location of the rural municipality or city electoral committee. (10) A rural municipality or city electoral committee specifies and publishes its working hours. An electoral committee must work on all working days during the period from when the time for the nomination of candidates begins to the last day of declining to stand as a candidate. [RT I, 06.05.2016, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2017]
§ § 14Formation of rural municipality or city electoral committee
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