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Article 18
 

Members of an election management body


(1) A person cannot be nominated for a member of an election body if:
     - He/she does not fulfil the special requirements prescribed by this Code;
     - he/she has been convicted of an election-related offence;
    - he/she has previously participated in administering the elections and due to irregularities identified in his/her work as a member of an election management body the voting was annulled;
    -he/she does not meet the special requirements stipulated in this Law.
(2) The following persons may not be members of a Municipal Election Commission or the Election Commission of the City of Skopje and the Election Board:
   - elected or appointed officials of the Government, Parliament and persons employed in the state administration of the Ombudsman Office, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Interior, Secretariat for Legislation, State Statistical Office, Bureau for Protection and Rescue, Crisis Management Centre, the Professional Service of the Administrative Court, the Professional Service of the State Election Commission, the Professional Service of the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption and the staff from the Professional Service of the Agency for Audio and Audio Visual Media Services.
(3) A person selected to be a member of an election management body may only decide to reject that duty for health or family reasons; the organ that selects the person decides whether to grant the exemption from duty based on the appropriate documentation submitted.
(4) The work and working tasks of the employees in the state administration bodies shall be organised in shifts on the Election Day for the purpose of their fulfilment of their right to vote.