Powers of the CEC Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, and Secretary

1. The CEC Chairperson shall be the senior official of the Electoral Administration of Georgia.

2. The CEC Chairperson shall:

a) perform all administrative duties in the CEC;

b) preside over CEC sessions;

c) administer CEC funds;

c¹) define, by an ordinance, the amount of financing of parties on the basis of the Organic Law of Georgia on Political Associations of Citizens;

c²) define, by an ordinance, the number of persons employed at the election administration of Georgia on labour contracts;

d) register parties and initiative groups of voters participating in elections (for elections of the Mayor of Tbilisi), and their representatives to the CEC, under the procedure established by this Law;

e) register party lists, and candidates for Mayor of Tbilisi city;

f) grant appropriate certificates to representatives of parties and initiative groups of voters participating in elections (for elections of the Mayor of Tbilisi city);

g) grant appropriate certificates to candidates for Mayor of Tbilisi city;

g¹) (Deleted – 28.6.2021, No 703);

h) grant an appropriate certificate to an elected member of Parliament of Georgia, the Mayor of Tbilisi and a member of Tbilisi Sakrebulo, and if the powers of a member of Parliament of Georgia and a member of Tbilisi Sakrebulo are prematurely terminated, the above certificate shall be granted to their legal successors;

i) furnish the Interim Credentials Commission of a newly elected Parliament of Georgia with all documents necessary for verifying the powers of elected MPs, and after setting up the respective Standing Committee, furnish the Standing Committee with the same documents;

j) convene, by an ordinance, the first sessions of precinct election commissions established in another state and determine the agenda of the sessions;

k) except for the issues falling within the authority of the CEC as defined by law, based on an order of the CEC Chairperson, assign administrative and financial duties to the head of a CEC structural unit for a particular period;

l) give assignments to the Deputy Chairperson, Secretary, other members and employees of the CEC staff according to the regulations of the Electoral Administration;

m) exercise other powers granted by the election legislation of Georgia.

3. The CEC Deputy Chairperson shall:

a) act for the CEC Chairperson under Article 8(24) of this Law;

b) exercise certain powers of the CEC Chairperson by an ordinance of the CEC Chairperson and with the CEC consent (the ordinance shall clearly specify scopes and terms of assigned powers).

4. The CEC Secretary shall:

a) distribute all electoral documents and correspondence submitted and addressed to the CEC;

b) register, by an ordinance, representatives of a party and an initiative group of voters participating in elections of the Parliament of Georgia and municipal bodies (for elections of the Mayor of Tbilisi city) to DECs, and grant appropriate certificates to them;

b¹) register, by an ordinance, representatives of a party and an initiative group of voters participating in elections of municipal bodies (for elections of the Mayor of Tbilisi city) to DECs, and grant appropriate certificates to them;

c) register, by an ordinance, observers appointed in the CEC by a non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entity/international organisation with a status of election/referendum/plebiscite observer, register observers sent by the state bodies of another country, and issue observer certificates to them;

d) accredit, by an ordinance, representatives of the media and issue accreditation cards to them;e) draft summary protocols of election results;

f) exercise other powers granted by the electoral legislation of Georgia.

Organic Law of Georgia No 5438 of 22 June 2016 – website, 12.7.2016

Organic Law of Georgia No 1274 of 26 July 2017 – website, 29.7.2017

Organic Law of Georgia No 3266 of 21 July 2018 – website, 13.8.2018

Organic Law of Georgia No 6723 of 2 July 2020 – website, 3.7.2020

Organic Law of Georgia No 703 of 28 June 2021 – website, 29.6.2021