The basic tasks and authorizations of the Provincial Electoral Board are as follows;

1. Taking all the necessary measures for the fair and orderly conduct of the elections in the electoral district, and supervising the procedures of the election,
2. Dispatching the ballot boxes and all other election related materials mentioned in this law to the District Electoral Boards,
3. Carrying out investigations, taking immediate final decisions on all complaints and objections concerning the formation, procedures and decisions of the District Electoral Boards,
4. Responding to inquiries of the District Electoral Boards concerning the implementation of the election procedures immediately,
5. Obtaining and announcing the candidate lists or declarations, inspecting and taking the decisions on the objections concerning these lists or declarations, dispatching and announcing the temporary and absolute lists excluding those which are not compatible with the law.
6. Issuing a minute for the electoral district province through combining the protocols which came from the District Electoral Boards affiliated to that province,
7. Implementing other tasks assigned for itself by the law.
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(1) See 1st and 5th Articles of the Annex, concerning the implementation of this provision.