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Article 19
 

While preparation and holding the Presidential Elections in the Russian Federation the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation shall within the scope of its authorities set by federal laws:


1) organize preparation and holding the Presidential Elections in the Russian Federation, manage operation of the election commissions; (sub-clause 1 as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


2) control observance of voting rights of the Russian Federation citizens while preparation and holding the Presidential Elections in the Russian Federation, provide for the unified application hereof;


3) issue instructions and other regulations on the issues of application hereof;


4) render legal, methodological, organizational and technical assistance to election commissions;


5) manage operation of election commissions in respect of unified use of GAS “Vybory”, its separate technical equipment, including technical means of votes counting; (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


6) declared void. — Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005;


7) register the agents and authorized representatives of political parties; (sub-clause 7 as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


8) register groups of voters formed for supporting self-nomination of the candidates (hereinafter — the “voters’ groups”) and their authorized representatives;


9) register agents of candidates and candidates’ authorized representatives on financial issues;


10) register candidates;


11) issue certificates of a standard pattern to registered candidates, their agents and authorized representatives on financial issues;


12) ensure compliance with the conditions of pre-election activity established by this Federal Law, other federal laws for all candidates, political parties; (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


13) hear reports of representatives of federal state authorities, executive bodies of the Russian Federation subjects and local government bodies on the issues related to preparation and holding of the Presidential Elections in the Russian Federation;


14) set the unified numbering of polling stations formed outside the Russian Federation;


15) approve the forms (including machine readable if needed) of documents related to preparation and holding the Presidential Elections in the Russian Federation, define the ways to secure the election ballot, absentee voting certificate, and, if needed, the ways to secure the voter list and other documents related to preparation and holding the elections, takes decisions on the issues concerning production of the stated documents; (sub-clause 15 as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


16) declared void. — Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005;


17) approve the text of the election ballot in Russian;


18) approve the seal imprints of election commissions;


19) establish the procedure for delivery to election commissions of the documents related to preparation and holding the Presidential Elections in the Russian Federation and approve the procedure for storage, transfer to the archive and destruction of the stated documents upon agreement with the federal executive body performing legal regulation in the archiving sphere; (sub-clause 19 as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


20) distribute the means taken out of the federal budget for financial support of preparation and holding the Presidential Elections in the Russian Federation, operation of election commissions and performance of their authorities, use and development of automation equipment, for training the elections managers and voters, perform control over proper use of the stated means and the means received by election funds of the candidates and over compliance with the requirements of this Federal Law, other federal laws while financing election campaigns of the candidates;


21) take measures for organizing the unified procedure for distribution of airtime and space in the print media among the registered candidates, political parties for carrying out election canvassing; (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


22) develop standards for technological equipment (polling booths, ballot boxes) for precinct election commissions, approve the stated standards and control their observance; (sub-clause 22 as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


23) consider issues of material and technical support of the elections;


24) ensure informing the voters of the terms and procedure for performing the election activities, the candidates, political parties having nominated candidates, of the course of the election campaign; (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


25) consider complaints (applications) concerning the decisions and actions (omission) of election commissions of the Russian Federation subjects and their official persons, take justified decisions in respect of the complaints (applications);


26) define the results of the Presidential Elections in the Russian Federation and perform their official publication, issue certificate on his election to the President-elect of the Russian Federation;


27) organize the repeat voting for elections of the Russian Federation President;


28) organize the repeat elections of the Russian Federation President;


29) perform other authorities in accordance with this Federal Law and the Federal Law On Basic Guarantees of Voting Rights and the Right to Take Part in a Referendum Belonging to the Russian Federation Citizens.