Nomination of the Election Panel members by political parties from among members of local self-government
representative bodies

1. Political parties shall nominate members of the Election Panel from among the members of local self-government representative bodies according to the quotas assigned thereto.

2. The quotas shall be defined by adhering to the proportional geographic representation principle, and according to the proportion of the results of local self-government elections held under the proportional system.

3. Under the results of local self-government elections held under the proportional system, the quotas shall be defined on the basis of the following formula: P = A * B / C, where:

a) P is the amount of quota designated to an authorised political party, which is an obtained whole number;

b) A is the number of votes received by a political party, which has received at least 1 % of valid votes based on the results of the last local self-government elections held under the proportional system countrywide;

c) B is the number obtained by deducting the sum of the numbers of all members of the MPs of Georgia and all members of the supreme representative bodies of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Ajara from the number of all members of the Election Panel;

d) C is the sum of the numbers of valid votes of the parties running in the last local self-government elections held under the proportional system that have received at least 1 % of votes countrywide.

4. If the sum of the quotas to be received by the authorised parties as determined by this article is less than B, in this case the undistributed quotas shall be assigned to the authorised parties based on the sequence of their election results.

5. A party shall, based on the quota assigned thereto, nominate the Election Panel members from among the Sakrebulos elected within the jurisdiction of the Autonomous Republic of Ajara, Tbilisi city and a state representative, by adhering to the proportional geographic representation principle.

6. Not later the 2nd day after calling elections of the President of Georgia, the CEC shall approve by ordinance the schedule (time limits) for conducting activities related to the election of the President of Georgia, and the quotas defined in this article as of the day of calling the elections.

7. The membership of the Election Panel shall be approved by the CEC by ordinance not later than the 40th day before Election Day.

8. For approval of the membership of the Election Panel:

a) the Parliament of Georgia, and the supreme representative bodies of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Ajara shall, within 7 days after calling elections, submit to the CEC the first names, surnames and personal numbers of all members of the Parliament of Georgia, and the supreme representative bodies of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Ajara;

b) parties authorised under this Law shall, according to the quotas defined by the CEC, within 10 days after calling elections, present the first name, surname and personal number of a person nominated as a member of the Election Panel, and the name of a local self-government representative body Sakrebulo, a member of which the aforementioned person is, and the written consent of the nominated person;

c) a person nominated as a member of the Election Panel under subparagraph (b) of this paragraph shall not be considered as member of the Election Panel if he/she fails to meet the requirements established by the Constitution of Georgia and this Law, which shall be notified to the party within 2 days with indication of the deficiency, and it shall be allowed 3 days to correct the deficiency;

d) an authorised party may replace a member of the Panel nominated as a member of the Election Panel in cases, as provided for by law, of premature termination of the term of office of only this person as member of Sakrebulo;

e) after a member of the Parliament of Georgia, and a member of the supreme representative bodies of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Ajara are nominated to the Election Panel, in case of premature termination of his/her term of office, if his/her replacement cannot be identified before elections of the President of Georgia, or if an authorised party failed to use the quota within the period determined by this Law, or the number of nominated members of the Election Panel was less than the quota set, in such a case, to fill up the number of the Election Panel members to 300, by decision of the CEC, the set quotas shall be changed and the unused vacancies shall be distributed between other authorised parties based on the sequence of election results.]

Organic Law of Georgia No 3266 of 21 July 2018 – website, 13.8.2018