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Article 11
 
Section 11
General provisions
(1) (1) For the purpose of municipal elections there are established: Central Election Commission, district election commissions, local and city election commissions.
(2) (2) Within the election wards there are established ward election commissions.
(3) (3) Anybody who has the right to vote can become a member of an election commission. A candidate for a deputy of a Municipal Council or for a Mayor cannot be a member of the election commission.
(4) (4) Election commissions are set up of equal number of representatives of political parties and political movements, representatives of coalitions of political parties and political movements (hereinafter referred to as „political parties“) under the conditions referred to in section 12, paragraph (1), section 13, paragraph (1) and section 15 paragraph (1). Names and surnames of representatives and of their substitutes together with their addresses are announced by political parties to a person who calls the first meeting of the election commission. In case of illness, resignation, repeated absence or expiration of membership in the election commission, its chairman shall call in a substitute according to the order set out by the political party concerned. Withdrawal of the candidate’s registration form shall result in termination of membership of the political party’s representative in the relevant election commission. The function of a member of election commission shall expire also on the day when a written notification by the political party which has nominated him/her, or the member’s notification of his/her resignation has been delivered to the chairman of the election commission. The chairman of the election commission shall call in a substitute according to the order set out by the political party concerned.
(5) (5) Members of an election commission assume their functions by taking the following oath of allegiance: “I promise upon my honour to perform my duty conscientiously and impartially and to keep laws and other legal regulations while doing so“. The oath of allegiance is taken by a member of an election commission to the person who calls its first meeting.
(6) (6) An election commission constitutes a quorum if the majority of its members is present. To become valid a resolution requires the support of majority of votes of the members presented. In case of equality of votes, the proposal is considered to be rejected. The election commission makes minutes of the course of its meeting.
(7) (7) At its first meeting the election commission shall designate by agreement a chief and chief assistant from its members. If an agreement has not been obtained, the chief and chief assistant shall be designated by drawing lots. A chief and chief assistant must not be members of the same political party. Drawing of lots is ruled by the oldest member of the election commission.
(8) (8) For the purpose of preparation of the processing and the processing of election returns the Statistical Bureau of the Slovak Republic shall establish specialist (summarising) divisions for the Central Election Commission and for district election commissions. The staff engaged in the specialist (summarising) divisions of election commissions shall take an oath of allegiance as referred to in paragraph 5.