Verification of lists of voters for the Parliamentary Elections of 2012
1. The Commission for Verification of the List of Voters is an independent administrative body that, within the limits of its powers, is independent from other state bodies.
2. Representatives of government, opposition parties and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) shall compose the Commission based on the principle of equal representation. The Commission shall be composed of not less than 15 members.
3. The President of Georgia shall establish and define the composition of the Commission on the proposal of parties and NGOs.
4. The Commission staff, according to procedures determined by Commission Regulation, shall provide organisational-technical and informational support to the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters.
5. The chairperson, deputy chairperson and the secretary of the Commission shall be elected from the members of the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters. The Commission chairperson shall be elected from the members nominated by the opposition parties.
6. Rules of operation of the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters shall be defined under Commission Regulation, approved by the President of Georgia on recommendation of the Commission.
7. The Commission session shall be authorised if attended by a majority of the total number of members of the Commission. The Commission shall make its decision by a majority vote of members present at the session, but not less than one-third of the total number of members of the Commission. The Commission decision may be appealed to the Tbilisi City Court within ten days of its adoption (except for cases provided for by the eleventh paragraph of this article).
8. The Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters shall provide verification of voter lists on the whole territory of Georgia through various means, including door-to-door verification.
9. The following activities shall be implemented for the purpose of conducting the 2012 Parliamentary elections:
a) for the purpose of verification of the unified list of voters for the 2012 Parliamentary Elections, the Ministry of Corrections and Legal Assistance of Georgia and the Special State Protection Service of Georgia, as well as the institutions referred to in Article 31(5)(a-c) of this Law about the persons with one suffrage as of 15 July 2012 and institutions listed in subparagraphs ‘f’ and ‘g’ of the same paragraph shall, within the terms determined by this paragraph, forward to the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters updated or most recent data on persons without the right to vote.
b) not later than 1 July 2012, the Ministries of Defence and Internal Affairs of Georgia shall submit to the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters and the CEC, data on conscript and contract military servicemen of the Georgian military (paramilitary) forces and units with suffrage, whose work conditions require their presence at an address different from their place of registration and that are located in a different electoral district;
c) on 15 July 2012, the Ministry of Corrections and Legal Assistance of Georgia shall submit to the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters data on individuals with suffrage having committed crimes of minor gravity;
d) the heads of consular offices of Georgia shall submit to the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters and the CEC data determined by Article 32(1)(e) of this Law not later than the 20th day prior to polling.
91. The list determined by the tenth paragraph of this article, based on amendments made within the time frame provided for by this Law, and under the decision of the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters, the box ‘actual condition’ next to the last name of a voter, whose presence abroad is confirmed by application of a person registered at the same address, shall include an entry ‘is abroad’. A voter, so determined by this paragraph, shall participate in polling according to the general procedure referred to by this Law.
92. The list determined by the tenth paragraph of this article, under the decision of the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters, shall include the following voters with the entry – ‘removed from the address of registration’:
a) whose residence at the registration address is not confirmed by application of a person registered at the same address;
b) whose registration was terminated by the legal entity under public Law within the Ministry of Justice of Georgia–State Services Development Agency.
93. Voters determined by paragraph 92 of this article shall vote according to their last place of registration during the 2012 Parliamentary Elections. Such voters shall be included in the lists of voters designated for election commissions and in public information, after arranging the lists in alphabetical order. Voters determined by this paragraph shall participate in elections held under the majoritarian, as well as the proportional electoral systems.
10. As provided for by this article (8-9), the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters shall ensure the verification and transmission of the lists of voters to the CEC prior to 1 August 2012. The list submitted to the CEC by the Commission is the unified list of voters for the parliamentary elections in 2012.
11. From 1 August 2012, not later than the 14th day prior to the elections, the Electoral Administration of Georgia shall immediately submit to the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters the applications filed with the Electoral Administration of Georgia on changes made to the lists of voters. The Commission is under a duty to adopt a relevant substantiated decision, within two calendar days of the submission of the application, regarding the application received from the Electoral Administration or filed directly with the Commission within the time frame referred to by this paragraph. The commission shall immediately notify the Electoral Administration on the above decision, based on which an appropriate DEC chairperson shall issue a relevant ordinance that may be appealed as defined in this Law (except for cases provided for by paragraph 111 of this article).
111. From 1 August 2012, a person interested in making an entry in the unified list of voters as provided for by this article(91 and 92) shall file an application with the Electoral Administration of Georgia not later than 1 September 2012. The Electoral Administration shall immediately submit the application to the Commission for Verification of the List of Voters. The Commission shall make a substantiated decision about the application received from the Electoral Administration or filed directly with the Commission within 14 calendar days after submission of the application and shall immediately notify the Electoral Administration thereof.
112. Members of the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters and heads of regional representative offices, not later than the 14th day before the elections, shall be authorised to conduct monitoring of the unified list of voters at any time based on the Commission decision, including on the polling day at the electoral precincts.
12. State agencies are obliged to cooperate with the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters in order to adjust the unified list of voters.
13. The activity of the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters shall be financed from the State Budget of Georgia.
14. Edict No 726 of 15 November 2011 concerning the Determination of the Establishment and Composition of the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters and edict No 791 of 5 December 2011 regarding the Approval of the Regulation of the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters, issued by the President of Georgia, shall remain in legal force.
15. The term of office of the Commission for Verification of Lists of Voters shall be defined as including 31 December 2012.
Organic Law of Georgia No 6571 of 28 June 2012 – website, 28.6.2012
