80.1. It corresponds to the presidents of the district councils:

a) To call and lead the sessions of the General Council;

b) To receive the applications for registration of candidates for representatives by the principle of plurality;

c) To inform the Executive Secretary of the Institute, within the six days following the count session, of the corresponding counts, of the development of the elections and of the lodged challenges;

d) To deliver the necessary documents and elements to the presidents of the directive boards of the polling stations, as well as assist them, for the proper discharge of their duties;

e) To issue the Majority and Validity Certificate of the election of the formula of candidates for representatives that has obtained the majority of votes in accordance with the count and declaration of validity of the district council;

f) To make the results of the district counts known through notices hung on the exteriors of their offices;

g) To deliver the original and the certi f ed copies of the f le of the district counts regarding the elections of representatives, senators and President of the United Mexican States in the terms set out in the Third Chapter of the Fourth Title of the Fifth Book;

h) To protect the documentation of the election of representatives by plurality and proportional representation, of senators by plurality and proportional representation and of the President of the United Mexican States, until the corresponding electoral process concludes;

i) To receive and dispatch the challenges lodged against the acts or decisions by the General Council, in the terms established in the applicable law;

j) To oversee the compliance with the decisions issued by the respective district council and other competent electoral authorities;

k) To receive the requests for accreditation presented by the Mexican citizens, or the associations that they belong to, to participate as observers during the electoral process, and l) The other responsibilities established by this Law.

2. The presidents will be assisted in their duties by the secretaries of the district councils.

3. The president of the district council will call to sessions when he considers it necessary or when it is requested by the majority of the representatives of the national political parties. The call will be issued in writing.