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Article 28
 

Regional Election Board

(1) Each Political Party or coalition that has filed its list of candidates for registration may delegate no more than two representatives and two stand-ins to be members of the regional election board in the electoral region where the party/coalition registration was filed. The regional election board members and their stand-ins shall be delegated no later than sixty days prior to the day of the elections.

(2) The regional election board shall be called to its first session by the Minister of the Interior so that the session shall commence no later than the third day following the final date as stipulated in the foregoing Paragraph 1 of this Article.

(3) The regional election board shall:

ensure that electoral laws and statutes are observed;

decide in the instance of complaints against procedures taken by district election boards, and in the instance of appeals against decisions taken by the election boards. A decision delivered by the regional election board shall be binding on such election boards;

review and register lists of candidates filed for registration in their respective electoral regions;

count the voting results, and ascertain the outcome of the vote in the respective electoral region;

deposit election files to the Ministry of the Interior for safe- keeping;

perform further duties and obligations arising from this Act and other applicable laws and statutes as well as assignments which it shall be committed to discharge by the Central Election Board.