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Article 8
 

(1) Elections for councillors shall be called by the Speaker of the National Assembly.


(2) Not less than 45 days, and no more than 60 days shall elapse between the day of calling for the elections and the day of holding the elections.


(3) The Decision on calling the elections shall also include the date of the elections, and the initial date for the deadlines for completion of electoral actions.


(4) In the case of simultaneous elections for councillors and elections for MPs to the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, the polling boards established to conduct the elections for MPs shall perform the duties of the polling boards for the elections for councillors.


(5) Within the meaning of the Law governing local self-government, in ethnically mixed local self-government units, with regard to the nomination of the polling boards referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article, special care shall be taken of representation of the political parties of national minorities in the assembly of a local self-government unit.


(6) In the case referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article, the submitted of the electoral list for councillors, who has not submitted the electoral list for MPs, shall have the right to have a representative in the polling board in enlarged composition, under the conditions laid down by this Law.


            (7) The Decision on calling the elections shall be published in the “Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia".