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Article 56
 

The State Electoral Commission shall:


1. take care of the lawful preparation and the implementation of the election of representatives to the Parliament;


2. appoint members of the electoral constituency electoral commissions;


3. prescribe and publish obligatory instructions for the work of electoral commissions and voters’ committees;


With Article 27 of the Act on Amendments to the Act on the Elections of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament (Official Gazette 19/15), which entered into force on 25 February 2015, in paragraph 1, item 3 was partly amended.


4. determine the polling stations and appoint the chairperson and members of voters’ committees at the seats of diplomatic missions and consular posts of the Republic of Croatia;


With Article 27 of the Act on Amendments to the Act on the Elections of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament (Official Gazette 19/15), which entered into force on 25 February 2015, in paragraph 1, item 4 was amended.


5. prescribe the forms in the process of preparing and implementing elections;


6. supervise the work of the electoral constituency electoral commissions and provide them with professional assistance;


With Article 27 of the Act on Amendments to the Act on the Elections of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament (Official Gazette 19/15), which entered into force on 25 February 2015, in paragraph 1, item 6, new text was added.


7. publish the slates of electoral constituencies on the basis of valid nominations, and compile the collective lists of electoral constituencies;


8. supervise the funding of election campaigns in accordance with a special law;


With Article 27 of the Act on Amendments to the Act on the Elections of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament (Official Gazette 19/15), which entered into force on 25 February 2015, in paragraph 1, item 8 was amended.


9. publish the results of the election of representatives to the Parliament;


10. inform voters about the implementation of the election and the possibility of exercising the protection of the right to vote in the electoral process;


With Article 27 of the Act on Amendments to the Act on the Elections of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament (Official Gazette 19/15), which entered into force on 25 February 2015, in paragraph 1, item 10 was amended.


11. perform other activities as stipulated in this Act.


With Article 46 of the AAAECSP (Official Gazette 53/03), which entered into force on 2 April 2003, in paragraph 1, item 1, the words: "both houses" were deleted; the words: "and county electoral commissions" were deleted in item 2; the words: "and county electoral commissions" were deleted in item 6; the words: "House of Representatives and House of Counties of the Parliament" were replaced with the word: "Parliament" in item 9.