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Article 29
 

1. DEC is entitled to:


1) control over the implementation of the Federal Law on the territory of single-mandate electoral district;


2) coordinate the activities of TECs and PECs in a single-mandate electoral districts, consider complaints on decisions and actions (inactions) of TEC and their officials, adopt reasoned decisions on them;


3) provide voter information on the data submitted by the candidates nominated in singlemandate electoral district, publish information about registered candidates;


4) register candidates nominated in single-mandate electoral district and their proxies, issues them certificates of the established forms, register authorized representatives of candidates for financial matters;


5) ensure compliance of rules of election campaigning with this Federal Law, other federal laws in the territory of single-mandate electoral district by all political parties, candidates;


6) ensure uniform use of GAS Vybory in the territory of a single-mandate electoral district in accordance with the procedure established by the CEC;


7) hear reports of representatives of the executive bodies of the subject of the Russian Federation and local government bodies in matters relating to the preparation and conduct of elections;


8) control on electoral process and election campaigning rules on the territory of a singlemandate electoral district;


9) control over the targeted use of funds allocated for financing of the preparation and conduct of elections, as well as the financing flows to the election funds of candidates and the expenditure of these funds;


10) approve the text of ballot in Russian language for voting in single-mandate electoral district, provides the printing of ballots for voting in single-mandate electoral district as it set by CEC instruction;


11) in cases stipulated by this Federal law, provide the transfer of ballots for voting in the federal electoral district and single-mandate electoral district to lower election commissions in the order prescribed by the CEC;


12) transfer absentee vote certificates and other election documents to the lower election commission in the manner prescribed by the CEC;


13) monitor compliance with uniform procedure for the vote count, determination of voting results and election results in the territory of a single-mandate electoral district;


14) determine the election results in the single-mandate electoral district and the voting results in the federal electoral district in the territory of a single-mandate electoral district, send data about the election results in single-mandate electoral district and on the voting results in the federal electoral district in the territory of a single-mandate electoral district to the CEC;


15) issue a certificate of election to the registered candidate, elected deputy of the State Duma in single-mandate electoral district;


16) control over ensuring TECs and PECs with premises, means of transport, means of communication and fulfilment of election commission decisions on other issues of material and technical support of elections on the territory of the single-mandate electoral district;


17) ensure compliance with standards of technological equipment (the voting booths, ballot boxes) for precinct election commissions approved by the CEC, as well as the order of storage, transfer of archives and destruction at the end of the safekeeping period of documents related to the preparation and conduct of elections in the territory of a singlemandate electoral district;


18) inform voters about the periods and procedure for the performance of electoral actions, the election campaign, the candidates;


19) conducts repeated elections and by-elections to the State Duma;


20) exercise other powers in accordance with this Federal Law.


2. The term of office of the DEC shall expire in two months after the official publication of the election results of deputies of the State Duma, if the higher election commission has not received complaints (applications) on actions (inaction) of this commission, as a result of which the procedure of the vote count was violated or if there are no trials on these matters. In case of appeal of the election results in single-mandate electoral district or the voting results on the federal electoral district in the territory of a single-mandate electoral district the term of office of this election Commission are terminated from the day following the day of execution by the DEC of a decision of a higher level election commission or after execution of the court decision that entered into force.