Duties of the District Electoral Council

(1) During the electoral period, the District Electoral Council shall be responsible for the following tasks: 

a) supervise the enforcement of implementation of the provisions of this Code and of other legislative acts containing provisions related to the conduct of elections; 

b) establish, under the conditions of this Electoral Code, first-level Electoral Districts and the polling stations, first–level District Electoral Councils and the Precinct Electoral Bureaus and shall supervise their activities; 

c) proposes the detachment, where appropriate, the convocation of members of the second-level District Electoral Council and approve the staffing for its Office; 

d) decide on the detachment or, where appropriate, the convocation of the members of the first-level electoral councils and of the members of the Precinct Electoral Bureaus, for the duration of their activity in those councils and bureaus; 

e) distribute funds to the Precinct Electoral Bureaus, where appropriate, to the first-level District Electoral Councils, as well as provide them materials and electoral documents forms, necessary for the organisation and proper conduct of the electoral process; 

f) examine communications and notifications on the organisation and holding of elections, submitted by Local Public Administration authorities, enterprises, institutions and organisations involved in the electoral process and undertakes measures on the side of those communicated or notified issues; 

g) decide on the registration requests of the initiative groups, of the independent candidates and of the candidates/lists of candidates from political parties, in local elections, inform the public about them; 

h) receive, examine and publish the reports on the financing of the electoral campaigns of the independent candidates in local elections, as well as those relating to the financing of the initiative groups, registered for collecting signatures for the support of those candidates; 

i) ensure public access to statements on the assets and personal interests of electoral competitors registered in local elections, in accordance with the provisions of this Code; 

j) considers claims and complains concerning the decisions and actions/inactions of Precinct Electoral Bureaus, where appropriate, of first-level District Electoral Councils; 

k) considers claims and complaints concerning the actions/inactions of electoral competitors and registered initiative groups, as well as those related to the financing of the electoral campaigns of independent candidates in local elections; 

l) collect and systematise information from Precinct Electoral Bureaus on opening polling stations, voters participation, as appropriate, occurrence of incidents in the polling stations, preliminary elections and transmit it, by State Automated Information System ‘Elections’ or other means, to the Central Electoral Commission; 

m) tabulate the results at the district level, transmit the documents and electoral materials to the Central Electoral Commission, ensure that the documents and electoral materials are displayed on its premises and at the headquarters of Local Public Administration authorities, under the terms of this code and the instruction approved by the Commission for that purpose; 

n) approve, by decision, the minutes of the results of local elections conducted in the concerned electoral district, confirms or refute the legality of elections; 

o) declare the elected candidates, along with confirmation of the legality of local elections assign and validate the mandates of the elected Mayors and local councillors, confirm the list of alternate candidates, by adopting decisions in his regard; 

p) shall assist the superior electoral bodies in the process of oversight and control of financing the electoral campaigns and political parties; 

q) carry out other duties related to the organisation and conduct of elections. 

(2) The Chairperson of the second-level District Electoral Council shall perform the following tasks: 

a) represent the electoral council in relations with the Central Electoral Commission, other public authorities, enterprise, institutions, Media outlets, political parties, electoral competitors and citizens; 

b) ensure the preservation of goods received from the Local Public Administration Authorities and the Central Electoral Commission, bearing material liability according to the law; 

c) manages funds allocated to the council; 

d) issue administrative acts, within the limits of its competence, with a view to the organisation of the Council’s activities; 

e) conclude, on behalf of the council, contracts for the organisation and conduct of permanent activity within the district, as well as individual employment contracts, service contracts for the period of carrying out of some permanent activities; 

f) inform the members of the Council, voters and the concerned subjects of the enforcement, within the limits of established competences, of the decisions of the Central Electoral Commission and of other administrative acts on the application of electoral procedures; 

g) participate in the procedures for updating the data and information contained in the State Register of Voters and in the procedures for verification and updating of Voter’s Lists from the concerned electoral district; 

h) contribute, within the limits of set duties, to the achievement of the Central Electoral Commission tasks of oversight and control of compliance with legislation on the financing of political parties and the electoral campaigns; 

i) assist in the organisation and conduct of the activities of electoral and civic education organised by the Central Electoral Commission and the Centre for Continuous Electoral Training; 

j) provide assistance in the process of training and certifying electoral subjects by the Centre for Continuous Electoral Training; 

k) monitor the observance of gender equality principle by the subjects participating in the electoral process, through checking the documents, systematisation and presentation of statistical data for that purpose; 

l) perform other duties provided in this Code, in the Regulation on the activity of the Electoral Council, approved by the Central Electoral Commission, as well as other regulatory acts in electoral field.