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Article 11
 



Electoral Committees


1. Elections to the Seimas shall be organised and conducted by:


1) the Central Electoral Commission;
2) constituency electoral committees; and
3) polling district electoral committees.


2. A citizen of the Republic of Lithuania may be nominated to an electoral committee provided he is of good repute, eligible to stand in election as a Seimas member (without taking into consideration the minimum age limit set for a candidate for Seimas member, but who is not younger than 18 years of age on the election day) and has not been dismissed in the course of the last three elections to the Seimas, the office to the President of the Republic, the European Parliament, municipal councils or a referendum, from the an electoral or referendum committee for the violations of the Law on Elections to the Seimas, the Law on Presidential Elections, the Law on Elections to Municipal Councils, the Law on Elections to the European Parliament or the Law on the Referendum or he has not undergone attestation by a constituency electoral committee or the Central Electoral Commission because of his failure to perform his duties properly.


3. The same person cannot concurrently be: a member of the electoral committee and a candidate for Seimas member; a candidate for Seimas member and an election representative; an election representative and a member of the electoral committee; a candidate for Seimas member and an election observer; a member of the electoral committee and an election observer. If amember of the electoral committee seeks to stand in election as a member of the Seimas, at least ten days in advance of giving his consent to stand for election as a member of the Seimas or before he starts collecting the signatures, he must resign from the post of a member of the electoral committee. If a member of the electoral committee fails to do so, he shall be dismissed from the electoral committee for the violation of this Law and shall be not registered as a candidate for Seimas member or his name shall be struck off the list of candidates.








4. A person shall not be considered of good repute, if:


1) he has been found guilty, by an effective judgment of conviction, of a criminal act and his prior conviction has not expired yet or has not been expunged;


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


3) 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 by law 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) he is a member of an organisation which is prohibited in accordance with the procedure laid down by law.


5. The Central Electoral Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down by it, organize training for electoral committee members and chairmen.