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Article 26
 

The State Electoral Commission of the Republic of Croatia shall stipulate the forms in the procedure of candidacy and conduct of the elections, pass the mandatory instructions for the work of electoral commissions and directly supervise the work of county electoral commissions and the City Electoral Commission of the City of Zagreb.

The State Electoral Commission shall have the permanent and extended composition.

The permanent composition of the State Electoral Commission shall comprise the chairman and four members, as well as their deputies. The duty of the chairman of the State Electoral Commission shall be performed according to the position, by the president of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia, and the other members of the permanent composition of the State Electoral Commission shall be appointed by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia, from among the judges of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia and other distinguished lawyers, who may not be political party members.

The extended composition of the State Electoral Commission shall be determined upon accepting, determining and announcing electoral slates, and it shall comprise three representatives each of the political party or coalition with the majority, and three representatives of opposition parties or coalitions, proposed in agreement, according to the party composition of the Croatian Parliament, as well as their deputies. Should the agreement on the three political parties’ representatives and their deputies not be reached, they shall be elected by dice from among the proposed candidates, before the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia.

All members of the State Electoral Commission shall have equal rights and obligations.