Appointment and confirmation of representatives in the electoral bodies and Courts

(1) Each electoral competitor may appoint, for the electoral period, one representative in the electoral bodies who have registered them and in the lower-level electoral bodies. Each political party and electoral bloc of parties may nominate, for the electoral period, one representative in the Central Electoral Commission.

(2) The representatives of the electoral competitors shall be confirmed by those electoral bodies no later than 3 days after being appointed. The proposed candidates must be persons eligible to vote. Candidates in elections may not be appointed as representatives.

(3) The representatives of the electoral competitor shall be entitled to participate in all electoral operations, in all meetings of the electoral body which confirmed him/her, including on the Elections Days. Representatives may represent the interests of the electoral competitor also in other authorities involved in the electoral process. They shall have access to all electoral information, to the Voters’ Lists, to the minutes drawn up by the electoral bodies, may take pictures and shoot videos, with the notification of the Chairperson of the electoral body and without endangering the secrecy and security of voting. The status of the representatives of the electoral competitors and their other rights and obligations shall be established by the regulation approved by the Central Electoral Commission.

(4) The representative nominated and confirmed by the electoral body under the provisions of this article may defend the interests of an electoral competitor in electoral litigations and under the terms of the Administrative Code and the Code of Civil Procedure. During the Presidential Election, the representatives of the electoral competitors confirmed in the established manner may also carry out their activity in the second round of elections.