Election Commissions

1. Elections of the President shall be organised and conducted by:
1) the CEC;

2) municipal election commissions (MECs); and

3) Precinct election commissions (PECs).

2. Members of election Commissions may not be candidates for President or proxies of such candidates.

3. A citizen of the Republic of Lithuania who is of good repute, has the right to be elected as Seimas member (not taking into consideration the minimum age limit set for a candidate for Seimas member, but not younger than 18 years of age on the election day), has the higher education and has not been removed during the last three years from an election Commission for the violations of election laws or the Law on Referendum may be nominated to an election Commission. The requirement to have the higher education shall not apply to a member of PEC, the chairperson of PEC who has the experience of serving as an election Commission member or chairperson; the said requirement shall not apply to a member or chairperson of a MEC who has the experience of serving as a member or chairperson of the MEC. The CEC shall, in accordance with the CEC procedure, organise trainings for election Commission members and chairpersons.

4. A person shall not be considered of good repute if:
1) s/he has been found guilty, by an effective judgment of conviction, of a criminal act and her/his prior conviction has not expired yet or has not been expunged;

2) s/he has been dismissed from the appointive or elective office because s/he broke the oath or promise, degraded the name of the officer and less than three years have elapsed since the date of the dismissal or entry into force of a decision to revoke the mandate;

3) s/he has been dismissed from work, from the office or has lost the right to engage in the relevant activity for non-compliance with the requirement of good repute set out in laws and for breach of ethics laid down in legal acts, and less than three years have elapsed since the dismissal from work, from the office or loss of the right to engage in the relevant activity;

4) s/he is a member of an organisation which is prohibited in accordance with the procedure laid down by laws.