Electoral committees shall directly conduct the voting at polling places and shall ensure regularity and secrecy of voting.
An electoral committee shall consist of the president and his/her deputy and two members and their deputies. A member and a deputy shall be appointed by the majority political party or coalition, and a member and deputy shall be appointed by opposition political parties or coalitions pursuant to the party composition of a representative body.
Political parties are obliged to appoint members of respective electoral committees and submit their names to competent election commissions within 8 days before the election day. In case they do not appoint them, i.e. in case their proposals are not received by competent election commissions, the competent election commissions shall independently appoint the members of the electoral committees.
Members of an electoral committee cannot be candidates on the list.
The president of an electoral committee and his/her deputy cannot be members of any political party, and as a rule, they should be lawyers. The president of an electoral committee and his/her deputy shall sign a statement that they are not members of any party under material and criminal liability before the competent election commission.
Electoral committees for all polling places shall be appointed by election commissions competent pursuant to the provisions of this Act, within five days before the election day at the latest.
