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Article 37
 

Competencies of the Municipal Election Commission and the Election Commission of the City of Skopje


(1) The Municipal Election Commission and the Election Commission of the City of Skopje shall safeguard the legality in the preparation and administration of the elections in accordance with this Code and shall supervise the work of the Election Boards.


(2) The Municipal Election Commission and the Election Commission of the City of Skopje shall:


1. appoint the composition of the Election Boards by passing a decision and it shall submit the decision with deposited signatures of the members to the State Election Commission;
2. dismiss the members of the Election Board for any unlawful action prior to and on Election Day;
3. provide an instruction on the work of the Election Boards;
4. announce the verified lists of candidates;
5. organize and provide the education for the Election Board members, according to the plan and programme of the State Election Commission before every election and shall provide them with certificates on the completed training;
6. conduct technical preparations for administering the elections according to the guidelines and instructions provided by the State Election Commission;
7. control the legality of the work of the Election Boards and intervene in cases when a violation has been established regarding the preparations, candidacy and administration of the elections, the establishing of the election results and violation of the instructions and recommendations provided by the Commission;
8. prepare a report and submit it to the State Election Commission;
9. inform the citizens about the polling locations;
10. register and confirm the authorised representatives for monitoring the work of the Municipal Election Commission and of the Election Boards and issue badges with numbers of the polling stations to the authorized representatives who will monitor the work of the Election Boards.
11. hand over and collect the election materials to and from the Election Boards in a manner determined with this Code;
12. tabulate the results from the voting for the list of candidates in the elections for President of the Republic, compile and submit the protocol, together with the entire election material, to the State Election Commission immediately, and not later than 12 hours after the voting has been concluded;
13. fill in and submit statistical data for the needs of the State Statistical Office;
14. after administering the elections for Members of Parliament, based on the protocols of the Election Boards, the Municipal Election Commission or the Election Commission of the City of Skopje shall tabulate the results per polling station of the electoral district for which it is responsible and in accordance with their belonging to the electoral district;
15. tabulate the results of the voting for the list of candidates from the polling stations for which it is responsible, prepare records and submit them to the State Election Commission within five hours from collecting the entire election material from the Election Boards;
16. decide upon complaints in accordance with this Code;
17. provide evidence while deciding on the legal remedies.


(3) When administering Local Elections, the Election Commission of the City of Skopje shall perform the competences prescribed in paragraph (2) of this article, except for the competences prescribed in items 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 11, 12, and 14.


(4) When administering Local Elections, in addition to the competencies prescribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this article, the Municipal Election Commission and the Election Commission of the City of Skopje shall:


1. determine whether the lists of candidates proposed for the election of Members of Council and for Mayor have been submitted in accordance with this Code.
2. confirm the lists of nominated candidates;
3. keep the election material from the local elections.
4. establish the results from the voting in the municipality and the City of Skopje and shall issue an election certificate to the elected candidates for Members of Council or to the elected Mayor immediately after the results have become final; and
5. perform other duties prescribed by this Code.