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 party which at a general or special election does not obtain a number of votes representing the said percentage shall cease to be such and shall be automatically removed from the Register of Political Parties. A ticket can be presented only by the political parties which, having a number of members not less than that fixed in this Article, have been organised or reorganised, as the case may be, prior to the election.

Political parties shall be reorganised in a single day, 6 months prior to each presidential election, or election for governors, and for mayors or councilmen, or for delegates to a Constitutional Convention. The Superior Electoral Court shall, on its own initiative, remove from the Register of Political Parties those which are not reorganised at that time.

The Party Assemblies shall retain all of their faculties and can not be dissolved except by lawful reorganisation. In every case they shall be the sole bodies charged with making nominations, which faculty can not be delegated in any case.

103. Rules and procedures guaranteeing the participation of minorities in the preparation of the census of voters, in the organisation and reorganisation of political associations and parties, and in the other electoral operations shall be established by law, which shall ensure their representation on the electoral bodies of the Nation, Provinces and Municipalities.

104. All provisions modifying electoral legislation which are issued after an election or referendum has been called, or prior to the time those elected take possession, or the definitive result of the referendum is known, are null.

Modifications expressly requested by the Superior Electoral Court and passed by two-thirds of Congress, are excepted from this prohibition.

From the calling of elections until the taking of possession of those elected, the Superior Electoral Court shall have jurisdiction over the armed forces and over the police forces, for the sole purpose of guaranteeing the integrity of the electoral procedure.

105. Public officers, employees and workers are those who, after demonstrating their capabilities and fulfilling the other requirements and formalities established by law, are appointed by competent authority to perform public functions or services, whether receiving or not receiving a salary or wage as a charge