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Article 30
 

The State Election Commission of the Republic of Croatia shall prescribe the forms in the nomination election procedure, pass mandatory instructions for the work of election commissions and directly monitor the work of county election commissions and the city election commission of the City of Zagreb.

The State Election Commission shall have a permanent and an extended composition.

The permanent composition of the State Election Commission shall include the president and four members and their deputies. The office of the president of the State Election Commission, considering the title of the person holding it, shall be exercised by the president of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia, and other members of the permanent composition of the State Election Commission shall be appointed by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia from among the judges of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia and other distinguished lawyers who cannot be members of political parties.

The extended composition of the State Election Commission shall be determined upon accepting, determining and announcing electoral lists, and will include three representatives of the majority political party, i.e. coalition and three representatives of the opposition parties, i.e. coalition nominated by consent according to the party composition of the Croatian Parliament and their deputies. In case no consensus can be reached on the three representatives of the respective political parties and their deputies, they shall be elected by dice from among the proposed candidates before the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia.

All members of the State Election Commission shall have equal duties and obligations.