Regional and the Minsk City commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of local Councils of Deputies, on referendum, on holding of voting on the recall of a deputy:
1) organize the holding of elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of regional and the Minsk City Councils of Deputies, the republican, regional or Minsk City referendum and the voting on recall of a deputy of the regional or the Minsk City Council of Deputies and exercises control over the observance of the requirements of this Code and other acts of legislation of the Republic of Belarus on elections, referendum and recall of a deputy in the territory of the region and the city of Minsk;
2) lead activities of the district, city, district-in-the-city and precinct commissions;
3) hear information of the officials (workers) of the local executive and administrative bodies and organizations on the issues connected with the preparation and holding of elections, referendum and recall of the deputy of the local Council of Deputies ;
4) control over the compilation of the lists of citizens who have the right to take part in the elections, referendum or recall of a deputy and the submission of them for familiarization;
5) dispose of monetary funds allocated for the preparation and holding of elections, referendum or recall of a deputy; distribute part of those funds among lower commissions on the holding of elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of local Councils of Deputies , the republican, region or Minsk city referendum, recall of a deputy and exercises control over target use of the allocated funds; control over the provision to the commissions with premises, transport and communication facilities, and considers other issues of provision of material, technical and organizational facilities for support of the holding of elections, referendum or recall of a deputy;
6) consider applications and complaints against decisions and actions of lower-level commissions and take decisions on them.
When holding elections of deputies of local Councils of Deputies, regional and the Minsk City territorial electoral commissions, in addition to the powers stipulated in part one of this Article:
1) form electoral circuits for elections to the regional and the Minsk City Council of Deputies on the submission of a regional and the Minsk City executive committee;
2) lead activities of the circuit electoral commissions on elections to the regional Council of Deputies and the territorial electoral commissions exercising powers of the circuit electoral commissions on elections to the Minsk City Council of Deputies in the districts of the city of Minsk;
21) exercise control over receipt and use of means of the electoral funds of candidates for deputies;
3) summarize the results of elections to the regional and the Minsk City Councils of Deputies and submit information about this to the Central Commission; register the elected deputies; publish information on the results of elections and the list of the elected deputies of the regional and the Minsk City Councils of Deputies;
4) organize the holding of a second round of voting, new elections of deputies of the regional and the Minsk City Councils of Deputies and elections of deputies instead of deputies who have withdrawn;
5) [excluded]
6) call the first session of the newly elected regional and the Minsk City Councils of Deputies.
The Minsk City territorial electoral commission, when performing a recall of a deputy of the Minsk City Council of Deputies, directly exercises its powers on the organization of recall of the deputy, registers the initiative group on gathering signatures in support of the proposal on initiating the issue on recall of the deputy, appoints the voting on the recall of the deputy, approves the text of the ballot on recall of a deputy, ensures the manufacturing of ballots and provision of precinct commissions with them, establishes the results of voting on the recall of the deputy and takes decision on acknowledging the deputy as being recalled by the voters.
The regional territorial electoral commission, when performing a recall of a deputy of the regional Council of Deputies, registers the initiative group on gathering signatures in support of the proposal on initiating the issue on recall of the deputy, appoints the voting on the recall of the deputy, and, on the basis of the record of the circuit commission on holding of voting on the recall of the deputy of the regional Council of Deputies, takes decision on acknowledging the deputy as being recalled by the voters.
When holding elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, the regional and the Minsk City commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, in addition to the powers stipulated by part one of this Article:
1) exercise control over the observance by the initiative group of citizens for the nomination of a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus of the requirements of this Code during the gathering of signatures and ensure the adequacy of the data on the number of such signatures;
2) on the basis of records of the regional, city and district-in-the-city commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, make records on the establishment of the number of citizens who signed in support of the proposal on the nomination of the candidate for the President for the region and the city of Minsk, and forward them to the Central Commission.
When holding elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus or a referendum, the regional and the Minsk City commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, on the holding of a republican, regional or Minsk City referendum, in addition to the powers stipulated by part one of this Article:
1) ensure the manufacturing of voting ballots for the regional or Minsk City referendum and the provision of the district, city and district-in-the-city commissions with them;
2) establish the results of the voting in elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus and for the republican referendum in the region and the city of Minsk and inform about them the Central Commission.
The regional and the Minsk City commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus and deputies of the local Councils of Deputies, in addition to the powers provided for in part one of this Article, when holding elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus and deputies of local Councils of Deputies, exercise control over the observance of equal legal conditions for election activities of candidates for the President of the Republic of Belarus and for deputies of local Councils of Deputies.
The regional and the Minsk City commissions on the referendum, in addition to the powers stipulated in part one of this Article, when holding a republican, region or Minsk city referendum:
1) assist mass media in explaining the content of the issue proposed for the referendum;
2) ensure the publication of the results of the referendum in the region and the city of Minsk in local mass media.
The commissions specified in this Article also exercise other powers in conformity with this Code and other acts of legislation of the Republic of Belarus.
Powers of the regional and the Minsk City commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus are terminated after the official publications of the outcomes of elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus.
Powers of the regional and Minsk City territorial electoral commissions on elections of deputies of local Councils of Deputies are preserved until elections to the local Councils of Deputies of the new convocation are appointed.
Powers of the regional and the Minsk City commissions on the referendum are terminated one month after the decision of the referendum enters into force.
