259.1. The political parties, once their candidates, formulas and lists are registered and up to thirteen days before the Election Day, will have the right to appoint two ordinary representatives and one substitute before each directive boards of polling stations, and general representative holders, considering the following:

a) In the federal election each political party or Independent Candidate, depending on the case, can accredit one ordinary representative and one substitute, and

b) In local elections each political party, coalition or Independent Candidate, depending on the case, can accredit one ordinary representative and one substitute.

259.2. In each of the single-member electoral districts, the political parties can accredit a general representative for every ten electoral polling stations located in urban areas and one for every f ve rural polling stations.

259.3. The representatives of the political parties and of Independent Candidates before the directive boards of the polling stations and their general representatives could sign their appointments until before they are accredited in the polling station. Also, they should carry a badge of up to 2.5 by 2.5 centimeters, with the emblem of the political party to which they belong or that they represent and with the visible caption of “representative”, in a visible place during the entire Election Day

259.4. The representatives of the political parties and of Independent Candidates will receive a legible copy of the minutes referred on article 261, paragraph 1, subparagraph b), of this Law. In the event that there is no representative in the directive boards of the polling stations, the copies will be given to the general representative who requests it.

259.5. The delivery of the legible copies referred to in the previous paragraph will be made in the order of seniority of the registration of the political parties.