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Section 13
 

(1) For elections to the National Council of the Slovak Republic there shall be established a Central Electoral Commission, district electoral commissions and polling district commissions.


(2) A member of an electoral commission must be a citizen who has the right to vote and who has not been disqualified from exercising his or her electoral franchise. A person may be a member of only one electoral commission. A candidate for the office of a Deputy (in this Act referred to as a "candidate") may not be a member of an electoral commission. 


(3) Electoral commissions shall be made up of an equal number of representatives from each political party, political movement (in this Act referred to as a "political party") or coalition of political parties ("coalition") which submitted a list of candidates. The first name, surname and address of permanent residence of each member and of his or her substitute shall be notified in writing by the respective political party in a period pursuant to section 15(1), section 16(1) and section 17(1) to whoever will call the first meeting of the electoral commission.  Such notification provided after the legally stipulated period shall not be considered.


(4) A person ceases to be a member of an electoral commission if he or she represents a political party or coalition that either does not register or withdraws a list of candidates. 


(5) A person ceases to be a member of an electoral commission from the day when the chairperson of the commission receives notification in writing either that the member has been recalled from the commission by the political party or coalition which nominated him or her, or that the member has resigned from the commission. The chairperson shall then summon the respective substitute. A person also ceases to be a member of an electoral commission if he or she has  not been sworn into office by the fifth day before polling day. In such a case, no substitute shall be summoned.


(6) Each member of an electoral commission shall be sworn into the office with the following oath: "I promise on my honour that I shall carry out my office conscientiously and impartially and in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the Slovak Republic.". He or she shall be sworn in by whoever calls the meeting of the commission and shall confirm the oath with his or her signature in writing.


(7) An electoral commission shall have a quorum when more than half of its members are present. For a commission to approve a resolution, a majority of present members must vote for it. Where the votes are equal, the proposal shall be deemed rejected. Minutes shall be taken during a meeting of an electoral commission.


(8) The chairperson and deputy chairperson of an electoral commission shall be chosen by drawing lots among all members of the commission at its first meeting. This process shall be supervised by the electoral officer of the commission.


(9) For the processing of election results and preparation of their processing, the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic ("Statistical Office") shall establish expert summary bodies for the Central Electoral Commission and district electoral commissions. Members of expert summary bodies of electoral commissions shall swear an oath in the form and manner stated in subsection (6).