Temporary procedures for financing a representative of an electoral subject before the acquisition of full power by the Parliament elected as a result of the 2020 Parliamentary Elections of Georgia
1. A qualified electoral subject participating in the elections (a qualified party participating in the elections independently, as well as an electoral bloc of which the qualified party is a member) shall receive funding in the amount of GEL 100 for each electoral precinct and GEL 150 for each electoral district on the Election Day, and the electoral bloc, which consists of two or more qualified parties, shall receive funding in the amount of GEL 150 for each electoral precinct and GEL 200 for each electoral district. An electoral bloc that does not include any of the qualified parties, but the parties included in the bloc, in the last parliamentary elections or the elections of the municipality bodies held within the framework of the proportional election system, acquired totally 3% or more than 3% of votes from voters participating in the elections, for ensuring the representation in the district and precinct election commissions on the Election Day, its shall receive funding in the amount of GEL 100 for each electoral precinct and GEL 150 for each electoral district. The amount allocated for one electoral precinct shall be issued only to a representative(s) appointed for the said electoral precinct.
11. The funding provided for in paragraph 1 of this article shall be issued for the respective electoral precincts and electoral districts in the case of holding a second round of elections only to the qualified electoral subjects whose nominee candidates participate in the second round of elections.
2. The CEC shall transfer the amount of funding of the representative of the electoral subject provided for in paragraph 1 of this article to the account of the relevant electoral subject not later than three days before the Election Day. The electoral subject shall be entitled to redistribute the amount to the relevant representatives in the district and precinct election commissions, so that the activities of no more than two representatives are funded in each commission.
3. The funded electoral subject is obliged to submit written information to the CEC on the use of the funds allocated for the financing of the representatives within 15 days after the summarising of the election results. If the funded electoral subject does not appoint a representative in the election commission and/or the amount is not fully used, the party is obliged to ensure the return of the relevant amount to the State Budget of Georgia within the same period.
4. For funded electoral subjects who do not participate in the second round of elections, the requirements set forth in paragraph 3 of this article shall apply from day of summarising the results of the first round of the respective elections.
5. A representative of an electoral subject who is included in the unified database of socially vulnerable families, the funding received under this article shall not be included in the joint income of the family and the state funding shall not be terminated.
Organic Law of Georgia No 6723 of 2 July 2020 – website, 3.7.2020
