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Article 45
 

1. The political parties could request the Institute to organize the election of their management bodies, based on their statutes, regulations and procedures, discounting the cost from their prerogatives.


2. For the organization and the development of the election process, the following rules will be applied:


a) The political parties will, in their statutes, establish the authorized internal body, the conditions and the procedure to decide on the applicability of the request;


b) The political party will present the support request to the Institute through the executive body established in article 43, subparagraph b) of this Law four months before the expiration of the deadline for the election of the corresponding management body. In the event that the deadline for the renewal of the management body has expired due to disputes brought before courts, the political party could request the Institute to organize the election outside of the deadline set out in the previous paragraph;


c) The political parties could request the cooperation of the Institute during non-electoral periods;


d) The applicant political party will agree with the Institute on the extent of its participation, as well as on the conditions for the organization and development of the process, which should be in adherence to the established in the Statutes and regulations of the political party;


e) The mechanisms by which the costs of the organization of the process, which could include the possible hiring of personnel for a specif c task by the Institute for this purpose, will be discounted from the prerogatives of the applicant political party will be established in the agreement;


f) The Institute will coordinate with the body mentioned in subparagraph d) of article 43 of this Law for the development of the process;


g) The election will preferably be carried out with the assistance of electronic means for the receipt of the votes, and


h) The Institute could only reject the request if there is material inability to organize the internal election.