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Article 35
 

Organisation of Electoral Councils and Bureaus Activity


(1) Meetings of electoral councils and bureaus during the electoral period shall be called and held by the Chairperson, and, in case of his/her absence or upon his/her request, by the Deputy Chairperson. A meeting may be also called upon the request of at least one-third of electoral council/bureau members.


(2) Meetings of electoral councils/bureaus are deliberative if attended by more than half of their members. The electoral councils and bureaus decisions shall be passed by an open vote of the majority of its members, and be signed by the Chairperson and Secretary. Upon a tie vote, the decision is not adopted, and the issue under consideration shall be re-considered during the next meeting. The council or bureau members who disagree with the adopted decisions have the right to submit in writing their dissenting opinion, which shall be attached to the meeting Protocol.


(3) Information about the decisions of electoral councils or bureaus adopted within the scope of their authority are binding for all public administration bodies, enterprises, institutions and organisations, political parties, other socio-political organisations and their bodies, and for all citizens.


(4) The Central Electoral Commission shall determine the number of election body members who shall be detached from their full-time jobs, and the duration of that detachment. Persons detached from the institutions financed from the state budget are maintained the salary from their full-time job. For the activity performed during the electoral period, persons detached from budgetary institutions, persons detached from non-budgetary institutions and convened persons, benefit from an indemnity, based on the average national salary for the preceding year, paid from the funds allotted for elections. For the activity performed during the electoral period, including on the Elections Day, for not detached and convened members of electoral bodies, as well as for the staff of the Precinct Electoral Bureaus, is established an allowance of 20 per cent of the national average salary for the preceding year, paid from the funds allotted for elections.


(5) Civil servants who are members of electoral bodies or employees of their apparatus, detached from their full-time job, shall keep their civil service status.


(6) Where appropriate, it is allowed to conclude individual employment contracts for a fixed timeframe to carry out specified activities. The expenses to accomplish those activities shall be covered from the funds allotted for elections.


(7) Members of electoral councils and bureaus shall not campaign for or against candidates running for elective public positions; shall not engage in any political activity or support of any electoral competitor; shall not be affiliated with any electoral competitor; shall not provide any financial support or other contribution, directly or indirectly, to any electoral competitor. In local elections, members of electoral councils and bureaus shall not be the spouses, relatives by blood or by marriage of the first and second degree of the candidate running in elections. Judges appointed in the District Electoral Councils shall not review any election-related disputes in the respective electoral district as of the date of establishing the electoral council.


(8) Chairpersons of the electoral councils and bureaus shall be responsible for ensuring the maintenance and return of assets received from the Central Electoral Commission, being accountable for the failure to do so as per the legislation in force.