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Article 10
 

Election bodies, their system and term of office


1. Election commissions shall be the state election bodies organizing preparation for and conduct of elections in the Republic.


2. A unified system of election commissions shall be comprised of:


1) Central Election Commission of the Republic;


2) territorial election commissions;


3) district election commissions;


4) precinct election commissions.


3. The term of office of election commissions shall be five years. Territorial, district and precinct election commissions shall be elected by the corresponding maslikhats on the basis of the proposals of political parties. Each political party shall be eligible to nominate one candidature to the corresponding election commission. A political party shall be eligible to nominate to an election commission a nominee who is not a member of the given political party.


If political parties have not submitted any proposals in a time-limit fixed by a maslikhat, which must not exceed one month prior to the term for the formation of the election commissions, a maslikhat shall elect the election commission on the basis of the proposals of other public associations and the superior election commissions.


The persons nominated to the election commission shall submit an application with their consent to work in the commission. The chairperson, deputy chairperson and secretary of the election commissions shall be elected at the first meeting of the election commission.


Formation of the new election commission shall be started not later than 2 months and finished not later than 3 days before expiration of the term of office of the election commissions.


The bodies forming election commissions shall be eligible to introduce changes in their composition during the term of office of such election commissions.


4. Decisions on the formation of election commissions, their composition and location shall be announced in mass media.


5. Decisions of election commissions taken within their competency shall be mandatory for implementation by all state bodies, organizations, local self-government bodies and officials in the corresponding territory.


6. Interference in the work of election commissions during the exercise of their authorities shall be prohibited.


7. The activity of the election commission can be terminated by the decision of the body forming the election commission or by a court decision on the basis of an application of the superior election commission.


8. A member of an election commission cannot be deprived of his/her authorities, except the cases mentioned in clauses 6 and 7 of Article 19 of this Constitutional Act.