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Articulo 37
 

(1) The Municipal Election Commission and the Election Commission of the City of Skopje shall safeguard the legality in the preparation and administration of the elections in accordance with this Code and shall supervise the work of the Election Boards.


(2) The Municipal Election Commission and the Election Commission of the City of Skopje shall:
1. appoint the composition of the Election Boards with a decision and shall submit the same, with deposited signatures of the members, to the State Election Commission;
2. dismiss the members of the Election Board in case they work unlawfully before the Election Day and on the Election Day;
3. give instructions for the work of the Election Boards;
4. announce the verified lists of candidates;
5. organize and administer the education of Election Board members, according to the plan and program of the State Election Commission before every elections and issue certificates for the completed training;
6. undertake technical preparations for administering the elections according to guidelines and instructions of the State Election Commission;
7. control the legality of the work of the Election Boards and intervene in cases when violation of the legality has been determined in the preparations, candidacy and administration of the elections and determination of the election results, as well as in case of violation of the instructions and recommendations provided by this Commission;
8. prepare a report and submit it to the State Election Commission;
9. inform the citizens about the location where voting takes place;
10. register the authorised representatives for monitoring the work of the Municipal Election Commission i.e. Election Commission of the City of Skopje and of the Election Boards and issue badges with the numbers of the polling stations to authorized representatives who will follow the work of the Election Boards.
11. hand over and collect the election materials to and from the Election Boards in a manner determined with this Code;
12. tabulate the results from the voting for the list of candidates in the elections for President of the Republic, compile and submit the protocol, together with the entire election material, to the State Election Commission immediately, and at the latest 12 hours after the voting has finished;
13. fill in and submit statistical data for the needs of the State Statistical Office;
14. after administering the elections for Members of Parliament, based on the protocols of the Election Boards, the Municipal Election Commission i.e. the Election Commission of the City of Skopje shall tabulate the results according to the electoral districts for the polling stations for which it is competent and in accordance with their belonging to the electoral district;
15. tabulates the results of voting for the list of candidates from the polling stations for which it is responsible, prepares records and submits them to the State Election Commission within five hours from the receipt of the entire election material from the Election Boards;
16. decide upon complaints in accordance with this Code; and
17. provide evidence while deciding on the legal remedies.


(3) During Local Elections, the Election Commission of the City of Skopje shall perform the competences determined in paragraph (2) of this article, except for the competences stipulated in lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 11, 12, and 14.


(4) During Local Elections, in addition to the competencies stipulated in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this article, the Municipal Election Commission and the Election Commission of the City of Skopje shall:
1. determine whether the nominated lists of candidates for election of Members of Council and the candidate lists for Mayor have been submitted in accordance with this Code.
2. confirm the lists of nominated candidates;
3. keeps the entire election material from the local elections.
4. determine the results from the voting in the municipality and the City of Skopje and immediately after the results have become final shall issue, to the elected candidates for Members of Council, i.e. to the elected Mayor, certificate for election; and
5. perform other duties, prescribed by this Code.