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Article 46
 

Organising the activities of election commission
1. Activities of election commission shall be managed by the chairperson of the commission or —upon the assignment of or in the absence thereof — by the deputy chairperson of the commission, and in case of a PEC — by the secretary of the commission.


2. The chairpersons of the CEC and TECs shall prescribe the schedule for holding regular sessions. PECs shall convene regular sessions within the deadlines prescribed by this Code.


3. Extraordinary sessions of the CEC and the TEC shall be convened by the chairperson of the commission — on his or her own initiative or upon written request of at least 1/3 of members of the commission — within the deadlines indicated thereby, notifying the members of the commission through available means of communication. An extraordinary session of the PEC shall be convened by the chairperson of the commission upon request of the chairperson of TEC.


4. The session of the election commission shall have quorum if attended by more than half of members of commission. Members of commission shall be obliged to participate in the voting. A decision shall be adopted if more than half of the number of attending members of the commission vote for that decision, except for cases prescribed by this Code.
Besides the members of the Commission, the head of Oversight and Audit Service may also put forward items on the agenda of a session of the CEC, within the scope of the competence reserved to the Service, as well as the head of staff of the Commission — as regards the financial and economic issues.


5. In the event of a tie during adoption of a decision on the election results, the chairperson of the commission shall have the casting vote.


6. Election commissions receive a registration book with numbered pages, sealed by a higher level commission. The requirements with regard to the registration book, as well as the procedure for filling it in shall be prescribed by the CEC.


7. The registration book shall be used to record information on participation of the members of the commission in the sessions, as well as on presence of persons having the right to attend the sessions. The records shall be signed by the members of commission attending the session.


8. Members of election commissions, persons, the specialist having the right to attend the session of the commission (including on the Election Day, in the polling room) (except for the voters and the police officers on duty at the polling station) shall be obliged to mandatorily carry visible identification badges on their outer clothing, certifying their right to be present. The chairperson of commission shall prohibit the presence of persons not having the right to be present at election commissions and during the voting also in the polling rooms, as well as of persons without a relevant identification on their outer clothing at the election commission (in the polling room).


9. Members of election commission shall be obliged to participate in the sessions of the commission.


10. Copies of the decisions, protocols and records of registration books, as well as extracts therefrom (except for extracts from the lists of voters having participated in the voting, during the recount) shall be sealed and signed by the chairperson and the secretary of commission. Documents received from PEC shall be sealed only on the Election Day or on the day following the Election Day prior to handing the seal over to the TEC.