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Article 39
 

1. Activities of the electoral commission are conducted based on the principle of partnership.

2. Activities of the electoral commission are supervised by the Chairman of the commission, or by his/her assignment – by the Vice-Chairman.

3. For auxiliary works the Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission forms a staff, working on permanent basis, headed by the Secretary of the commission. A similar staff, working on temporary basis, can be created within Territorial Electoral Commission, upon the consent of the Central Electoral Commission. The Central Electoral Commission determines the amount of the remuneration of the staff.

4. Chairman of the electoral commission decides upon the timetable for holding regular sessions.

5. Extraordinary session is convened by the Chairman of the commission on his/her initiative or upon the written request of at least one-third of the commission members, within the dates fixed out by them. The Chairman informs the members of the commission in writing, on the date of convening the extraordinary session.

6. The session of the electoral commission is competent, if more than half of the commission members are present.

7. The voting is considered as valid, if more than half of the members of the commission have participated in voting. The decision is considered as adopted with more than half of the votes cast. In the event of a parity of votes the vote of the Chairman of the commission (Chair) is decisive.

8. The electoral commissions get a register with numbered pages and sealed by the superior commission, which necessarily includes records on preparation and conduct of elections, with respective dates. The requirements for the registry, as well as the procedure on how they have to be filled out, are established by the Central Electoral Commission.

9. Records about the attendance of the commission members to the sessions of the commission are entered into the registry. The members present at the session of the commission put their signatures under the minutes.

10. The members of the electoral commissions should attend the sessions of relevant electoral commissions. In case of three absences without an excuse, the relevant commission is entitled to terminate the authority of the member by a decision taken by the majority of votes of the total number of commission members.

(Amend. of July 31, 2002 LA-406-P)