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Article 311
 

Powers of the Central Election Commission under this Chapter


(1) (Previous text of Art. 311 - SG 21/19, in force from 12.03.2019) Central Election Commission shall:



  1. ascertain and declare invalid the registration of candidates who do not satisfy the requirements covered under Art. 317, Para. 1;

  2. strike the registration, where it is established that the candidate do not satisfy the conditions of Art. 93, Para. 2 of the Constitution as well as where the collection of signatures in support of an independent candidate does not conform to the requirements of Art. 320, Para. 1;

  3. declare the election results and the date for conduct of new elections if no candidate is elected according to Art. 93 Para. 3 of the Constitution;

  4. declare the names of the candidates between whom the new election will be conducted, not later than 48 hours after the announcing of the closing of the polls;

  5. declare the election results and the names of the elected President and Vice President of the Republic, promulgate the said results and names in the State Gazette forthwith after the announcement of the said results, and issue certificates to the elected President and Vice President of the Republic;


(2) (New - SG 21/19, in force from 12.03.2019) The decisions of the Central Electoral Commission under Para. 1, items 1 and 2 may be appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court by the order of Art. 58.