131. Ordinance of the Federal Minister for Health and Women on the conduct of the elections in the State Dental Chambers and the Austrian Dentistry Chamber (Dentist's Office of the Electoral Regulations-ZÄKWO)

On the basis of § § 25 (3), 38 (7) and 115 (3) of the German Dental Doctors Act, Federal Law Gazette (BGBl). I No 154/2005, shall be ordered:

table of contents

Section 1
Elections to the State Dentists ' Chambers
§ 1	Constituencies
§ 2	Right to vote and stand for election
§ 3	Number and function of the delegates
§ 4	Election manifestations
§ 5	Waharrangement
§ 6	Cost
§ 7	Deadlines
Section 2
Election Commissions
§ 8	Main Electoral Commission
§ 9	Kreiswahlcommissions
§ 10	Observers/observers in the constituency commissions
§ 11	Activities in the electoral commissions
§ 12	Decision-making in the electoral commissions
§ 13	Duties of election commissions
Section 3
Call for tenders
§ 14	Date of election
§ 15	Election manifestation
§ 16	Voter Lists
§ 17	Listing of voter lists
§ 18	Objection to the voters ' lists
Section 4
Nominations
§ 19	Introduction of nominations
§ 20	Examination of nominations
Section 21	Election proposals
Section 5
Election envelopes, ballot papers and polling station
Section 22	Election envelopes and ballot papers
Section 23	Transmission of electoral envelopes and ballot papers
§ 24	Polling Local
6.
Voting procedure
Section 25	Implementation of the voting procedure
Section 26	Voting
§ 27	Personal Voting
§ 28	Postal ballot
§ 29	Vote Count
§ 30	Validity of votes
Section 31	Niederschrift
Section 7
Election result
Section 32	Determination of the results of the election
§ 33	Objection to the investigation
Section 34	Understanding of the delegates
§ 35	Appeal of choice
§ 36	Convening of the constitutive meeting of the State Committee
8. Section
Elections to the Austrian Dentists ' Chamber
Section 37	Election of the President/President
§ 38	Election of Vice-Presidents/Vice-Presidents
§ 39	Election of the Financial Officer/Financial Officer
Section 9
Post-election and post-election
§ 40	Refill
Section 41	After-elections
Section 10
Elections for the first time
§ 42	Elections for the first time
Section 43	Waharrangement
Section 44	Members of the Main Electoral Commission
§ 45	Date of election
Section 46	Nominations for nominations
§ 47	Convening of the constitutive meeting of the Federal Committee

Section 1

Elections to the State Dentists ' Chambers

Constituencies

§ 1. (1) Each federal state shall form a constituency for the elections to the respective State Dentistry Chamber.

(2) The membership of a member of a chamber to a constituency shall be determined in accordance with its association with the State Dentist Chamber of the respective federal state in accordance with Section 10 (3) of the Dentistry Specialist Act-ZÄKG, BGBl. I No 154/2005.

Right to vote and stand for election

§ 2. (1) All persons who are members of the Austrian Dentistry Chamber at the time of the order of choice (§ 5) shall be entitled to vote and passively.

(2) Each person entitled to vote shall be active and passively entitled to vote in the constituency, to which it is associated in accordance with § 1 (2).

Number and function of the delegates

§ 3. (1) In each constituency, delegates in that number and functions shall be elected to the Land Committee, as determined by the Federal Committee of the Austrian Dentist Chamber at the request of the respective Land Committee pursuant to Section 37 (2) of the ZÄKG.

(2) In spite of a request by the Federal Committee to request the number and functions of the delegates for the respective Land Committee up to the WahArrangement (§ 5), there is no request from the Committee on Regional Policy (Landesausschuss) in the case of the Federal Committee, the Federal Committee shall determine the number and functions of the delegates in accordance with the existing Land Committee.

Election manifestations

§ 4. The Austrian Dental Chamber of Dentists shall set up, on the Internet, a page on which all the publications, publications and publications provided for in this Regulation are provided for in the context of the elections provided for in this Regulation. They must be made known.

Waharrangement

§ 5. (1) The election of the delegates has taken place within the last six months before the end of the five-year period of operation. It is to be arranged by the Federal Committee of the Austrian Dentist Chamber in all Länder at a uniform date, which has to be within a period of not more than one week.

(2) The arrangement of the election and the announcement of the number and functions of the delegates to be elected are per Land Committee

1.		in the official publication organ of the Austrian Dentists ' Chamber, referring to the internet address in accordance with § 4 and
2.		on the Internet (§ 4)
to be published. The Bundesgesetzblatt (Bundesgesetzblatt) of this regulation and an indication of its ability to be found on the Internet are to be found here.

Cost

§ 6. (1) The costs for the conduct of the elections to the State Dental Chambers

1.		with regard to the procedure for the constituency commissions, the respective State Dentists ' Chamber and
2.		with regard to the procedure with the main election commission the Austrian Dentistry Chamber
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Deadlines

§ 7. (1) The time limits provided for in this Regulation are, provided that paragraph 2 of this Regulation does not specify otherwise, in accordance with the provisions of the General Administrative Procedure Act 1991, BGBl. No. 51, in the version of the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 10/2004.

(2) The days of the post-run shall be included in the respective period.

Section 2

Election Commissions

Main Electoral Commission

§ 8. (1) In order to conduct the elections in the State Dental Chambers, a main election commission for the respective operating period shall be appointed at the Austrian Dentistry Chamber. The Main Electoral Commission shall consist of:

1.		The chairman and his/his/his/his/her ihrem/her deputy/deputy as well as
2.		a member and a substitute member of the constituency of each constituency.

(2) The chairman and his/her deputy shall be appointed from the circle of right-wing employees of the Federal Ministry of Health and Women's Federal Ministry of Health and Women's Health and Women's Affairs.

(3) The members and members of the replacement pursuant to Section 1 (2) shall be appointed by the Federal Minister for Health and Women on a proposal from the Austrian Dentist Chamber at the request of the State Dental Chambers of the Federal Republic of Germany. If, in spite of the request of the Austrian Dentist Chamber, within a reasonable period of time, the members and the substitute members are to apply in accordance with Section 1 (1) (2), there is no such request from the State Dental Chambers (Landesdental Chambers). President and Vice-President/Vice-President of the respective State Dentistry Chamber as a member and substitute member for the respective constituency to order.

(4) The Chairperson shall convene the members of the Main Electoral Commission at the necessary meetings. The meetings of the main electoral commission are the chamber office director/chamber office director of the Austrian Dentistry Chamber or one other/other right-wing/legal staff member of the chamber office with an advisory vote .

Kreiswahlcommissions

§ 9. (1) For each constituency, a constituency election commission for the respective operating period shall be appointed at the respective Landeszahnärztekammer (Landeszahnärztekammer). Each constituency commission shall consist of:

1.		Notary/notary appointed by the respective State Dentistry Chamber as Chairman/Chairperson and
2.		five members and their substitute members from the constituency of the members of the chamber who are eligible to vote in the constituency concerned.

(2) The members and substitute members of the constituency election commissions shall be appointed by the Main Electoral Commission on a proposal from the respective State Dentists ' Chamber.

Observers/observers in the constituency commissions

§ 10. (1) Any group of voters whose nomination has been proclaimed in accordance with § 21 may send a person of their trust to the respective constituency election commission as an observer/observer. This person shall be made in writing by the chairman of the constituency election commission in writing at the latest on the fifth day before the election by the appointing representative (s) of the voter group.

(2) The Austrian Dentist Chamber is entitled to send a staff member of the Chamber Office as an observer/observer to the constituency election commissions. He/she is entitled to participate in the deliberations of the constituency commissions.

(3) Each observer/observer in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be entitled to be present as a witness/witness at the ballot box and the counting of votes.

Activities in the electoral commissions

§ 11. (1) The office of a member or substitute member of an electoral commission shall be a public honorary office.

(2) The members and the replacement members of the Electoral Commission shall be entitled, in respect of their activities, in accordance with their actual use, to compensation in cash, which shall be based on the amount of the travel allowances and the daily allowances for the Functional/functionaries of the chamber measured.

(3) The Chairman shall remove the vow of strict impartiality and conscientious performance of the duties associated with the Office to the members and the replacement members of the Electoral Commission.

(4) Office

1.		the main election commission is the chamber office of the Austrian Dentistry Chamber,
2.		the county election commissions is the Land Secretariat of the respective State Dentists ' Chamber.
They shall support the electoral commissions in the conduct of the elections and shall provide the necessary information.

Decision-making in the electoral commissions

§ 12. (1) Electoral commissions shall be quorum if more than half of their members or spare members are present. They take their decisions with a simple majority of votes. The chairman and his/his/his/his/his/her you/your deputies/deputies do not agree; only in the event of a tie the vote of the chairman shall be taken.

(2) The substitute members may be present at the meetings of the Electoral Commission, but shall have the right to vote only if the relevant member is not present.

Duties of election commissions

§ 13. (1) The main electoral commission shall be responsible in particular:

1.		the call for tenders for the election, the determination of the election day and the period within which the electoral envelopes must be or have to be submitted to the constituency election commission (§ 14);
2.		the appointment of the members of the constituency commissions (§ 9 para. 2);
3.		the publication, in which places and within which time (day and hour) the voters ' lists are to be taken up for inspection (Section 15 (1) (4)), and the presentation of the electoral lists (§ 17);
4.		the decision on objections to the voter lists (§ 18);
5.		the decision on the eligibility of the elective persons and the validity of the nominations, as well as the desiration of the nominations (§ 20 f);
6.		the review of the results of the election (section 32 (3)) and the decision on objections to the determination of the election results (§ 33);
7.		the assignment of the functions to the elected persons and the understanding of the election result (§ 32 para. 4) and the understanding of the delegates (§ 34);

(2) The constituency election commissions shall be responsible in particular:

1.		the listing and verification of voter lists (§ 17);
2.		the production of the official ballot papers and return envelopes (section 22 (2));
3.		the transmission of the official ballot and official ballot papers (§ 23);
4.		the conduct of the voting procedure (Section 25 et seq.);
5.		the counting of votes and the determination of the result of the vote (paragraph 29 f);
6.		the drawing up of the minutes and the transmission of the Wahlakate to the main election commission (§ 31).

Section 3

Call for tenders

Date of election

§ 14. (1) The Main Electoral Commission shall determine the date of the election in such a way that a period of at least twelve weeks shall be between the date of the call for tenders of the election (publication of the election manifesto) and the election day.

(2) Election Day is the day

1.		where all persons entitled to vote may exercise their right to vote by direct delivery of their vote to the constituency election commission, or
2.		by which the ballot boxes containing the ballot papers transmitted by the persons entitled to vote by post or by messenger, containing the ballot papers, must have been received by the constituency election commission.

Election manifestation

§ 15. (1) The election manifestation shall include the following:

1.		election day (section 14 (2));
2.		the contract notice, where and within which time on election day, the vote is possible or where the election envelopes can be sent until the election day;
3.		the number of delegates to be elected in the individual constituencies and their functions;
4.		the contract notice, where and within which time the voter lists and the imprint of this Regulation can be viewed;
5.		the provision that objections to the voter lists must be submitted to the Main Electoral Commission within two weeks of the date on which they are set up and that late objections are not taken into account;
6.		the request that nominations should be submitted in writing to the Main Electoral Commission not later than six weeks before Election Day, if they are not taken into account;
7.		the provision that the election proposals
a.			for the functions of the President/President, the Vice-President/Vice-President and the Financial Officer/Financial Officer respectively one person and
b.			for the other delegates to be elected in the constituency, two persons each
		, and that each candidate/applicant is to be designated for which function he/she is running;
8.		the provision that the election proposals must be signed by a minimum number of eligible persons referred to in Article 19 (2) (2) (5);
9.		the notice of where and within which time the nominations for election of the eligible persons admitted to the ballot shall be taken up;
10.		the provision that votes can be made only by means of official ballots and only for persons included in the proposals for proposals;
11.		the notice of the type of vote to be submitted;
12.		the notice of the Internet address for the election manifestations.

(2) The election manifestation shall be published in the official publication organ of the Austrian Dentistry Chamber and on the Internet (§ 4) and shall be published at the seat of the election commissions for the purpose of inspection. In addition, the Main Electoral Commission may, in other appropriate ways, inform all persons entitled to vote from the electoral tender.

Voter Lists

§ 16. (1) The voters ' lists are based on the dental list to be held by the Austrian Dentist Chamber in accordance with § 11 of the German Dental Doctors Act-ZÄG, BGBl. I No 126/2005.

(2) The Chamber Office of the Austrian Dentistry Chamber has to draw up its own electoral list for each constituency,

1.		in which only the persons entitled to vote are admitted to that constituency to which they belong in accordance with Article 1 (2), and
2.		in which the persons entitled to vote are to be listed and numbered in alphabetical order, stating the name and the place of occupation, duty or principal place of residence (§ 10 para. 3 ZÄKG).

(3) The Austrian Dentist Chamber shall have the electoral lists of the respective constituency, valid on the day of the election of the elections, to the constituency election commissions as well as the voter lists of all constituencies to the main election commission within one week after the invitation to tender. of the election.

Listing of voter lists

§ 17. (1) The voters ' list of the constituency shall be placed at the seat of the respective State Dentist Chamber for public consultation and with reference to the possibility of opposition no later than four weeks after the election tender.

(2) The listing of voter lists as referred to in paragraph 1 shall be accompanied by reference to:

1.		to the place and the time of possible inspection and
2.		to the provisions of this Regulation applicable to the opposition procedure
in the Internet (§ 4).

(3) From the first day of the listing of the voter lists, entries, changes or deletions may only be made in the course of the opposition proceedings. This does not appear to be a case of misunderstanding based on a mistake, as well as shaping errors, such as, for example, writing or calculating errors or the same, in particular, for technically deficient operation of an automation-aiding machine. Data processing equipment, which may be corrected by the competent State Dental Chamber of Dentists, under the referral of the Austrian Dental Association.

(4) The Chamber Office of the Austrian Dentistry Chamber has, at its request, against the replacement of the costs of the electorate for the constituency of the electorate;

1.		for which the voter group has submitted a valid nomination, and
2.		in which there are at least two approved nominations,
to submit the lists of voters in their constituency to a copy, after the listing in accordance with paragraph 1. Voter lists are not allowed to be passed on by the voter groups.

Objection to the voters ' lists

§ 18. (1) Within two weeks of the listing of the voter lists, each member of the chamber may

1.		on the admission of allegedly non-eligible persons, or
2.		for the non-inclusion of allegedly eligible persons
in writing, a reasoned objection against the voters ' list of his constituency at the Main Electoral Commission.

(2) Any objection may only be directed against a particular person. If an opposition is at the same time directed against a number of persons, it shall be returned to the opposition shipyard/opposition shipyard without any default for correction.

(3) The Main Electoral Commission shall notify persons whose inclusion in the voters ' list has been objected to within two days of the receipt of the opposition. Contributions from the parties concerned may only be taken into account if they are submitted in writing to the Main Electoral Commission within five days of the notification of this agreement.

(4) The Main Electoral Commission shall have a final decision on objections within eight days of the end of the period of opposition, even if a statement of the person concerned has not received an opinion from the opposition within that period. The main election commission has to inform the opposition shipyard/opposition shipyard and/or the interested parties immediately in writing by the decision.

(5) Decisions of the Main Electoral Commission to make and supplement the voters ' lists shall be carried out without delay by the Main Electoral Commission.

(6) Following the conclusion of the opposition procedure, the Main Electoral Commission shall complete the electoral lists and submit the constituency nominations for the constituency concerned. The voter lists concluded shall be used as a basis for the election.

Section 4

Nominations

Introduction of nominations

§ 19. (1) Voter groups participating in the election shall submit written nominations for the delegates to be elected at the latest six weeks before the election day at the Main Electoral Commission by post or in person. The receipt of the nomination is to be confirmed by indicating the time of receipt.

(2) Electoral proposals have to be included:

1.		a clearly distinguishable denomination of the voter group and a shortterm indication;
2.		a list of persons entitled to vote, the
a.			for the functions of the President/President, the Vice-President/Vice-President and the Financial Officer/Financial Officer respectively one person and
b.			for the other functions laid down in the respective Land Committee, a person as a delegate/delegate and a person as a substitute in the event that the delegate is unable to wear the function or no longer has the function, (Successively/Suzessorin)
		specifying the first and last names, dates of birth and the address of the place of occupation, duty or principal place of residence (§ 10 para. 3 ZÄKG);
3.		the designation of the function for which each candidate is a candidate or as a suzessor/succession (Z 2 lit. (b) is available;
4.		the self-signed declaration of each individual in the electoral proposal, showing that it fulfils the eligibility requirements and agrees with the inclusion in the nomination;
5.		the signature of the minimum number of eligible persons referred to below:

a. for Vienna ..................................................	120
b. for Lower Austria .....................	per 70
c. for Steiermark ...........................	60
d. for Upper Austria ......................	55 each
e. for Tyrol ..................................	40
f. for Salzburg ..............................	30
g. for Carinthia ..............................	30
h. for Vorarlberg ...........................	15 each
i. for Burgenland ...........................	10;

6.		the name of the appointing agent of the voter group, otherwise the first-signed person shall be deemed to be the authorized representative.

(3) Permitted

1.		the signing of an election proposal by persons running on this nomination, and
2.		the signing of more than one election proposal.

(4) The connection (coupling) of election proposals is inadmissible.

(5) Amendments to the nomination by removal or re-admission of candidates and withdrawal of the nomination must be made by all persons who have run on the nomination of the nominee, with the exception of the nominee Election proposal to be signed.

(6) The withdrawal of and amendments to election proposals, if an elective person loses eligibility, shall be admissible even after the submission period referred to in paragraph 1. They shall be notified by the appointing representative of the voter group no later than four weeks before the election day of the main election commission.

Examination of nominations

§ 20. (1) The Main Electoral Commission shall examine the nominations submitted within the deadline for submission and shall forthwith inform the appointing representative of the voter group's appointing authority. In order to remedy the deficiencies, a period of at least three days shall be set.

(2) The Main Electoral Commission shall decide whether or not to approve the nominations within three days of the date of their entry into force or after the expiry of the deadline to remedy the shortcomings.

(3) Electoral proposals shall not be allowed to:

1.		have been submitted late,
2.		do not bear the required number of signatures if the amending procedure referred to in paragraph 1 has not been unsuccessful, or
3.		shall not contain sufficient electable persons if the amending procedure has been unsuccessful in accordance with paragraph 1, except in cases of paragraphs 4 and 5.

(4) Electoral candidates who lack eligibility shall be removed from the approved nomination proposal by the main electoral commission. Similarly, the names of those persons who are so incomplete, irrespective of the correction procedure carried out in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article, are to be deleted, and that there are doubts about their identity.

If a number of different nominations have the name of the same electing person, the latter shall be requested by the main electoral commission to declare within three days the choice of the nomination for which they are to be chosen. It is to be deleted from all other election proposals. If such an electing person does not disclose his decision within the time limit set, it shall be deleted from the nominations submitted later. This amendment of an election proposal does not require the signature of the candidate.

(6) A separate appeal is not admissible against the decision of the Main Electoral Commission on the admission of nominations.

(7) If no nomination is submitted or if the only nomination is not sufficient to fill all the functions to be elected, the Main Electoral Commission shall initiate the electoral procedure anew by means of a new electoral tender.

Election proposals

§ 21. (1) The Main Electoral Commission has duly drawn up the duly established or Nominations shall be made available on the Internet at the latest three weeks before election day (§ 4).

(2) The order of the nominations in the ballot shall be the order of the

1.		according to the number of delegates of the electorate in the last election in the respective constituency,
2.		in the case of the same number of delegates, after the number of votes cast, as determined by the last election in the constituency for the voter group,
3.		in the case of voter groups which have not previously been represented in the respective Land Committee, after the date of entry of the election proposal, following the classification according to Z 1 and 2.

(3) If, after the deadline for submission in a constituency, there is only one approved nomination, the further voting procedure in this constituency shall be omitted. The main election commission has to declare the candidate of this election proposal for the respective function as elected. Their names are to be understood in the official publication organ of the Austrian Dentists ' Chamber and on the Internet (§ 4) with the notice that the further electoral procedure in the relevant constituency is no longer necessary.

Section 5

Election envelopes, ballot papers and polling station

Election envelopes and ballot papers

§ 22. (1) The election shall be made by means of official voting envelopes and official ballot papers.

(2) The constituency commissions have

1.		the official ballot papers referred to in paragraph 3 for the respective constituency, in double the number of persons entitled to vote in the respective constituency, and
2.		the provisions of the provisions of paragraph 4 of this Article for the admission of the official election envelopes and ballot papers
.

(3) The official ballot papers (para. 2 Z 1) have the pattern of Annex , where:

1.		to list the nominations in the order in accordance with section 21 (2);
2.		the names of the elective persons (surnames and preceded by the first letter of the first name) are to be found in the same font size; and
3.		in particular, in the event that more than the functions listed in the model are to be chosen, it is necessary to ensure that the ballot paper is an inseparable unit.

(4) The provisions of the return plan (paragraph 1) 2) are to be addressed by means of forms to the respective constituency commission and to be provided with the sender of the respective person entitled to vote.

Transmission of electoral envelopes and ballot papers

§ 23. (1) By no later than seven days before election day, the constituency election commissions shall have all persons entitled to vote in the relevant constituency, according to the voters ' list.

1.		an official ballot,
2.		an impenetrable ballot box intended to hold the ballot paper;
3.		the return envelope produced for the person entitled to vote,
4.		an expression of the ballot nominations of the respective constituency, and
5.		an information sheet on the vote to be produced by the Chamber Office of the Austrian Dentistry Chamber
to be sent against proof of delivery.

(2) The sending in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be recorded in the voters ' list, which shall be accompanied by the proofs of delivery.

Polling Local

§ 24. (1) The constituency election commissions shall ensure that the person entitled to vote is made possible for their vote to be delivered in a personal capacity.

(2) The polling stations of the constituency election commissions and the personnel and equipment required for the implementation of the election shall be provided by the respective State Dentists ' Chamber.

(3) § 57 National Council Electoral Regulations 1992, Federal Law Gazette (BGBl) shall apply to the establishment of the electoral cells. No. 471, in the version of the Federal Law BGBl. I No 90/2003, except paragraph 4, second sentence.

(4) In the polling station,

1.		the voters ' list of the constituency concerned,
2.		a list of votes to be made on the model of a voting list of the National Council of Electoral Regulations in 1992,
3.		official ballots and ballots for the respective constituency in the number of persons entitled to vote in the respective constituency,
4.		the nominations of the constituency concerned,
5.		a copy of this Regulation and
6.		a ballot box
.

6.

Voting procedure

Implementation of the voting procedure

§ 25. (1) On election day, the constituency election commissions shall be convened to conduct the voting procedure and to establish the result of the vote.

(2) The chairman of the constituency commission shall ensure the maintenance of the calm and order of the electoral process and the observance of this regulation.

(3) In the building of the polling place, on election day, any type of advertising, in particular also by speeches to the voters, shall be prohibited by the attack or distribution of electoral calls or by candidate lists or comparable.

(4) Any group of voters whose nomination has been proclaimed shall be entitled to send a person of their trust (§ 10) to the polling station. The persons of trust do not have any influence on the course of the electoral process.

(5) Immediately before the start of the vote, the constituency election commission has to convince itself that the ballot box is empty.

Voting

§ 26. (1) All persons entitled to vote shall be obliged to use the official ballot boxes and ballot papers transmitted to them by the constituency election commission when they submit their votes.

(2) Each person entitled to vote shall be entitled to cast a vote for each function to be selected by identifying the circle next to the name of the person to be elected, with one vote for the function of a speaker/speaker also for the corresponding succession/succession professor. For separate functions, people can be chosen from different election proposals.

(3) The distribution of votes shall also be possible by identifying the circle under the name of an election proposal. In such a case, the vote shall be cast for all the elective persons included in the nomination of the nomination, except for those functions for which the person entitled to vote in accordance with paragraph 2 is a vote from another nomination .

(3) Any person entitled to vote may have the closed ballot containing the ballot.

1.		on the election day, at the voting time, which is specified in the election manifesto, personally, or Cast the vote personally in accordance with § 27 in the polling station; or
2.		by mail or by messenger to the constituency commission.

(4) In the case of transmission of the election envelope by the mail or by means of messenters, the person entitled to vote has to use the return envelope transmitted by the constituency election commission. Changes to the sender preprinted on the return envelope are not allowed. If any changes to the sender preprinted on the rekuvert cause doubts as to the identity of the eligible person, they shall invalidate the vote. The transmission by mail or by means of messenges shall be effected at the expense and risk of the person entitled to vote.

(5) The use of a vote other than the official ballot, election envelopes or return envelopes shall invalidate the vote in the ballot box.

(6) The constituency election commission shall collect the re-envelopes containing the electoral envelopes and to ensure their safe and orderly retention up to the election day. The same shall apply for postal items to be received up to election day in accordance with paragraph 5.

Personal Voting

§ 27. (1) Voting on Election Day shall begin by giving members of the constituency election commission and the confidence person the opportunity to cast their votes.

(2) The election is secret. Each voter/voter will enter the constituency election commission, name his/her name, and assign the identity to the constituency. A member of the electoral commission shall examine whether the voter/voter is entered in the voters ' list. The voter, if he/she is not in possession of the electoral envelope with his/her official ballot, is required to follow an official ballot with a ballot box.

(3) The voter/voter then enters the electoral cell, puts the filled ballot in the ballot box and, after leaving the electoral cell, places the envelope closed into the scheduled ballot box. After the vote has been cast, the name of the voter/voter shall be removed from the voters 'list by a member of the constituency commission and shall be included in the continuously guided voting list by adding the continuing number of voters' lists. shall be entered.

(4) If the voter/voter is subject to a mistake when the official ballot paper is filled out and he/she therefore desires to issue a further official ballot paper, the chairman of the constituency commission shall have one of these to be followed by other ballots. The voter/voter has to make the first ballot in front of the constituency election commission unusable by tearing and taking with him.

(5) Persons with a body or a sensory impairment who exercise their right to vote by giving their votes in person may lead and be helped by an accompanying person who can choose them themselves, provided that: they cannot be allowed to fill out the ballot paper without external help. Except in such a case, the electoral cell may only be entered by one person.

(6) Each vote with the assistance of an accompanying person shall be recorded in the voting record. In the case of doubt, the constituency election commission decides on the admissibility of the use of an accompanying person.

(7) After the end of the election period, only those who have already been present in the polling station may cast their votes. As soon as the last of these voters/voters has cast their votes, the chairman of the constituency commission has to declare the vote closed.

Postal ballot

§ 28. (1) Upon completion of the personal vote, the constituency election commission shall deal with the electoral envelopes which have been landed by mail or by messengers by 12.00 noon on the day of the election, and which have been kept under wraps until then.

(2) First of all, it is necessary to check, for each return envelope, whether the name of the person entitled to vote on the pre-printed sender is included in the voters ' list of the relevant constituency.

(3) If the name does not exist in the voters ' list, the elective envelope shall be excluded from any further treatment.

(4) Where the name is entered in the list of voters, it shall be drawn down there and shall be recorded in the corresponding voting list with continuous numbers and by the continuing number of the voter list. At the same time, the number of voting lists shall be entered in the voters ' list. This process can also be performed with automation support.

(5) This is

1.		to open the recovert and
2.		remove the official ballot box from the return envelope and place it in the ballot box in an unopened state.
Respect for the secrecy of the elections must be observed accordingly.

(6) If the ballot is not in the ballot box, but directly in the return envelope, the ballot paper shall be

1. to put the ballot box located in the return envelope and put it into the ballot box,

2. if there is no electoral envelope in the return envelope, without placing an election envelope in the ballot box.

(7) If there is any doubt as to whether a ballot box should be placed in the ballot box, the constituency election commission shall decide.

(8) If persons entitled to vote have exercised their right to vote in person, but have also submitted an electoral envelope with the mail or by means of messenials, the latter shall be unopened with the words "exercised in person" to the electoral markets. The process shall be noted in the minutes.

(9) Election envelopes, which arrive after 12.00 noon on election day, are unopened with the endorsement "arrive too late" to the electoral markets, together with the return envelope. The process shall be noted in the minutes.

Vote Count

§ 29. (1) If all elective envelopes in the constituency electoral commission have been dealt with in accordance with § 28, the chairman shall declare the vote in favour of the ballot box.

(2) The constituency election commission then mixes the ballot box located in the ballot box, empties the ballot box and establishes:

1.		the number of voting envelopes excluded from the vote in accordance with section 28 (3) of the vote on the grounds of non-application in the electoral list;
2.		the number of elective envelopes emptied from the ballot box;
3.		the number of persons entitled to vote in the voting list;
4.		the presumed reason if the number according to Z 2 does not correspond to the number according to Z 3.

(3) The constituency election commission opens the ballot box, takes the ballot papers, checks their validity, provides the invalid ballot papers with consecutive numbers and notes:

1.		the total amount of valid and invalid votes cast;
2.		the sum of the valid votes;
3.		the votes cast on the individual elective persons cast in valid votes.

Validity of votes

§ 30. (1) Votes shall be valid if:

1.		electing persons who are included in a draft nomination and
2.		from the labelling of which it is clear which persons elected by the voter/voter wanted to vote.

(2) The entire ballot paper shall be invalid if:

1.		has been used by another official ballot paper submitted by the constituency Commission,
2.		the ballot has been adversely affected by the tearing of a part or any other damage in such a way that it is no longer clear which persons elected by the voter/voter wanted to vote; or
3.		no elective persons at all, or have not been called an election proposal.

(3) The vote for the respective function to be selected shall be invalid if:

1.		more than one vote has been cast in each of the functions to be elected on the official ballot, or
2.		it is not clear from the signs or other markings provided by the voter/voter, which persons he/she wanted to vote.

(4) Empty electoral envelopes count as invalid votes.

(5) If a ballot box contains several ballot papers, they shall count

1.		if their invalidity does not already arise for other reasons, than invalid ballot papers, if they are different,
2.		as a valid ballot, if
a.			the ballot papers shall be valid on the same date; or
b.			in addition to a valid official ballot, the remaining official ballot papers are not filled in.

(6) Words, remarks or signs affixed to the ballot in addition to the identification of the persons to be elected shall not invalidate the ballot, unless one of the grounds for invalidity pursuant to para. 2, 3, 4 or 5 Z 1 is present. Supplements located in the electoral envelope do not affect the validity of the supplements.

Niederschrift

§ 31. (1) The constituency election commission shall have the procedure of the voting procedure, the result of the vote and the result of the election in the constituency in a transcript to be assessed. The members of the constituency commission shall elect a written guide/writer for the recording of the minutes.

(2) In any case, the minutes shall contain:

1.		the name of the polling place;
2.		the names of the members of the constituency electoral commission present and absent;
3.		the names of the observers/observers present in the voter groups, or the Austrian Dentists ' Chamber;
4.		the time of the beginning and end of the voting procedure on election day;
5.		the decisions of the constituency commission on the exclusion of electoral envelopes on the grounds of non-inclusion in the electoral list;
6.		Other decisions of the constituency commission which were taken during the voting procedure;
7.		the determination of the constituency election commission pursuant to Article 30 (2) to (5), whereby, if invalid votes have been established, the reason for invalidity shall also be indicated;
8.		the final result of the vote.

(3) The minutes shall be connected:

1.		the voter lists;
2.		voting lists;
3.		the invalid ballot papers, which are to be marked and packed in separate envelopes with corresponding inscriptions;
4.		the valid ballot papers to be provided and packed in separate envelopes with corresponding inscriptions;
5.		a list of valid valid votes for each candidate;
6.		the return envelopes;
7.		the unopened elective envelopes arrived at too late (Section 28 (9));
8.		the election envelopes unopened for the personal submission of the vote (Section 28 (8)).

(4) The minutes shall be signed by the members of the constituency electoral commission who are entitled to vote and the members of the constituency. If it is not signed by all the members, the reason for this is to be stated.

(5) The transcript, together with supplements, forms the electoral commission of the constituency election commission.

(6) The electoral markets of the constituency election commissions shall be transmitted immediately, but no later than three working days after the election day, to the main electoral commission.

(7) The Wahlakten shall be kept at least until the end of the respective period of operation.

Section 7

Election result

Determination of the results of the election

§ 32. (1) In the case of a function, the elective person shall be deemed to be the one who unites the majority of the votes.

(2) A person who is referred to as a succession/succession in the same nomination for the function in question shall be a substitute in the event that an elected/elected candidate/applicant is in the

1.		is no longer a chamber member, or
2.		For other reasons, the function may not or no longer be held.

(3) The main electoral commission has, on the basis of the electoral markets submitted by the constituency electoral commissions, to review the election results in the constituencies and to correct any errors in the numerical results.

(4) The names of the elected delegates per function and constituency are to be published in the official publication organ of the Austrian Dentistry Chamber and on the Internet (§ 4).

Objection to the investigation

§ 33. (1) Within one week after the election result has been announced, any group of voters eligible for election in the constituency concerned may object to the determination of the results of the election a reasoned objection to the main election commission.

(2) If an objection is raised in accordance with paragraph 1, the main election commission shall, on the basis of the electoral markets, review the election result. If it becomes clear that the result of the election has not been correctly determined, the main election commission must immediately correct the result on the Internet (§ 4), declare the declaration void and make the right result possible.

(3) If the Main Electoral Commission does not give rise to a rectification, the opposition shall be dismissed.

(4) A separate appeal is not admissible against the decision of the Main Electoral Commission on objections to the determination of the election result.

Understanding of the delegates

§ 34. (1) The Main Electoral Commission shall have the elected delegates and the respective succession essorns by registered letter, telegraph, by means of automation-assisted data processing or by fax within three days of the determination of the of the election results of their election.

(2) The election shall be deemed to have been accepted if it is not rejected in writing within one week of the notification of the agreement.

Appeal of choice

§ 35. (1) The validity of the election may be challenged within a week after the announcement of the results of the election by each group of voters for alleged illegality by the Federal Minister for Health and Women.

(2) The challenge shall be accepted if:

1.		provisions of the electoral procedure have been infringed; and
2.		it could be influenced by the election result.

(3) If the Federal Minister for Health and Women's Federal Minister for Health and Women (Federal Minister for Health and Women) is in dispute, the election in the appropriate constituency shall be renewed within three months. In the case of the electoral procedure, the date of the election shall be determined in such a way that the preparatory measures necessary for the proper conduct of the election can be completed in good time, unless the Constitutional Court in a proceeding has been granted suspensive effect in accordance with Article 141 B-VG of the dispute.

Convening of the constitutive meeting of the State Committee

§ 36. Within two weeks of the announcement of the results of the election, but no later than two weeks after the end of a possible opposition procedure, the elected President of the State Dentistry Chamber shall have the elected delegates in place. to convene the constituent meeting of the Land Committee.

8. Section

Elections to the Austrian Dentists ' Chamber

Election of the President/President

§ 37. (1) At the latest three months after the election results of the elections in the State Dentists ' Chambers have been announced, the former President/President of the Austrian Dentistry Chamber has convened the Federal Committee for the constitutive sitting.

(2) In the constituent meeting, the Federal Committee has to make the election of the President/President of the Austrian Dentistry Chamber pursuant to Section 25 (2) of the ZÄKG.

(3) In the first ballot, no/no candidate is the absolute majority, so another ballot is to be held, in which only the two candidates who have the most votes in the first ballot can compete in the first round of the election have united.

(4) In the event of a tie between two candidates with regard to the entry into the second ballot or in the second ballot, a further ballot with the candidates concerned must first be carried out.

(5) No decision shall be taken on the basis of the procedure laid down in paragraph 4, the lot shall be decided.

Election of Vice-Presidents/Vice-Presidents

§ 38. (1) In the constituent meeting, the Federal Committee has to make the election of the Vice-Presidents of the Austrian Dentistry Chamber in separate ballots pursuant to Section 25 (2) of the ZÄKG.

(2) In the first ballot, no candidate/candidate is the absolute majority, then another ballot is to be held, in which only the two candidates who have the most votes in the first ballot can compete in the first round of the election. have united.

(3) In the event of a tie between two candidates with regard to the entry into the second ballot or in the second ballot, a further ballot with the candidates concerned must first be carried out.

(4) No decision shall be taken on the basis of the procedure laid down in paragraph 3, the lot shall be decided.

Election of the Financial Officer/Financial Officer

§ 39. (1) In the constituent meeting, the Federal Committee shall make the election of the financial officer/financial officer of the Austrian Dentistry Chamber pursuant to Section 25 (2) of the ZÄKG.

(2) In the first ballot, no candidate/candidate is the absolute majority, then another ballot is to be held, in which only the two candidates who have the most votes in the first ballot can compete in the first round of the election. have united.

(3) In the event of a tie between two candidates with regard to the entry into the second ballot or in the second ballot, a further ballot with the candidates concerned must first be carried out.

(4) No decision shall be taken on the basis of the procedure laid down in paragraph 3, the lot shall be decided.

Section 9

Post-election and post-election

Refill

§ 40. (1) When a Delegate/Delegate

1.		is no longer a chamber member, or
2.		for other reasons, the function can no longer be held,
The person who was named as a succession professor in the same nomination for the function in question, enters into this function as a substitute.

(2) If there is no/no cocessor/succession, the person responsible for the delivery may inform in writing of the nomination on which the delegate has been proposed that one/another has already been submitted. Elected delegates/delegates in the function of the delegate who has been expelled. The occupation of the functions to be re-occupied on the basis of this post-retrace shall then be made in accordance with paragraph 1.

After-elections

§ 41. (1) If

1.		a post-occupation in accordance with § 40 is not possible, or
2.		the person elected as President/President, Vice-President/Vice-President or State Finance Officer/State Finance Officer is no longer a member of the Chamber or, for other reasons, is no longer able to function as a member of the Chamber;
, the Land Committee shall, for the remainder of the operating period, immediately execute a re-election from the circle of its members for the respective function.

(2) The re-election in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be carried out in separate ballots for each function to be re-elected.

(3) If a re-election in accordance with paragraph 1 is not possible, a re-selection for the respective function in accordance with the provisions of sections 1 to 7 shall be carried out immediately for the remaining operating period.

Section 10

Elections for the first time

§ 42. Subject to § § 43 to 46, sections 1 to 9 shall apply for the first-time elections to the State Dental Chambers and to the Austrian Dentistry Chamber.

Waharrangement

§ 43. (1) By 30 June 2006 at the latest, the provisional Federal Committee

1.		order the first-time election of the delegates, and
2.		to determine the number and function of the delegates per Land Committee at the request of the provisional national committees.

(2) If, in spite of the request of the provisional Federal Committee, the number and functions of the delegates for the respective Land Committee are to be requested within a reasonable period of time, pending the order for the first election, no corresponding The provisional Federal Committee shall submit a request to the provisional Federal Committee for the purpose of establishing the number and functions of the delegates for the respective Land Committee.

Members of the Main Electoral Commission

§ 44. If, despite the request of the Austrian Dentist Chamber, within a reasonable period of time, the members and substitute members of the Main Electoral Commission are to apply for the first-time election pursuant to Section 8 (1) (2) (2), no corresponding request by the State dental chambers, the provisional President/President and the provisional Vice-President/Vice-President of the respective State Dentistry Chamber are to be appointed as a member and a substitute member for the respective constituency.

Date of election

§ 45. The main election commission shall determine the date of the election in such a way that a period of at least nine weeks shall be between the date of the call for tenders of the election (publication of the election manifesto) and the election day.

Nominations for nominations

§ 46. The election proposals submitted for the first election of the delegates shall be the subject of the nomination of the main electoral commission after the election proposals have been submitted.

Convening of the constitutive meeting of the Federal Committee

§ 47. At the latest three months after the election results of the election results of the first elections to the State Dentists ' Chambers, the provisional President/President of the Austrian Dentistry Chamber has the Federal Committee for the Constituent Meeting .

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