(1) The activity of the State Commission is managed by its Chairman. In the absence, the Chairman is substituted by a member of the State Commission authorised by them in writing. The member of the State Commission substituting the Chairman shall not be entitled to the special extra pay pursuant to Article 13 (9) and he/she does not have the right pursuant to Paragraph 2 the last sentence.

(2) The State Commission makes decisions as a body. The State Commission is quorate if at least three quarters of its members are present at the session. The absolute majority of all its members is necessary for the validity of its decision. If the State Commission takes a vote whether the election silence has been violated, whether the pre-election ban on polling has been violated, on the registration of a list of candidates or exclusion of a candidate from the list of candidates, three quarters of votes of all members of the State Commission are necessary for resolution approval. In case of equality of votes, the vote of the Chairman of the State Commission shall be decisive.

(3) The details on the negotiation, on decision-making by the State Commission, and on the participation in its sessions are regulated by the rules of procedure approved by a three-quarters majority of all State Commission’s members.

(4) As a special organisational unit, the State Commission Office (hereinafter the “Office”) is established at the Ministry of Interior. The Office Head participates in State Commission sessions without the right to vote.

(5) The Ministry of Interior determines the Office structure after negotiating it with the State Commission. The termination or change of civil service of a civil servant at the Office and termination or change of employment of an employee performing public service work shall be negotiated in advance between the Ministry of Interior and the State Commission Chairman.

(6) Expenditures on the activity of the State Commission and Office are paid from the budget of the Ministry of Interior. The budget for the activity of the State Commission and Office shall be negotiated between the Ministry of Interior and the State Commission. The Ministry of Interior provides for the organisational, material and technical, and staffing conditions for the activity of the State Commission and Office.

(7) The Ministry of Interior

a) fulfils the tasks of a professional and administrative unit of the State Commission in election matters,

b) ensures the printing of ballot papers,

c) issues simples of election forms and envelopes and provides for their execution,

d) provides guidance to municipalities in creating electoral districts, preparing electoral rolls, equipping polling stations and safekeeping of election documents,

e) determines the system of electronic communication between electoral bodies,

f) provides municipalities and electoral bodies with methodical and information aids necessary for their activity,

g) cooperates with the bodies of the European Commission in the matters of elections to the European Parliament,

h) fulfils other tasks pursuant to special parts of this Act.

(8) Based on an agreement with the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Interior shall regulate through a generally binding legal regulation

 a) the amount of remunerations for members and recording clerks of electoral commissions,

b) details on payment of remunerations for members and recording clerks of electoral commissions.

(9) For the preparation of processing and processing of election results, the Statistical Office creates for the State Commission: County Electoral Commissions, electoral commissions of Self-Governing Regions, Constituency Electoral Commissions and professional summarising units. The Statistical Office shall also create a professional summarising unit for Local Electoral Commissions if they determine voting results for more than 50 electoral districts.

(10) Member of the professional summarising unit of an electoral commission shall take the following oath: "I swear on my honour that I will perform my function assiduously and without prejudice while following the Constitution of the Slovak Republic and law.".

(11) Professional summarising units of electoral commissions fulfil the tasks according to the programme and organisational support of election results processing and fulfil other tasks according to instructions from the respective electoral commission. Expenditures on the activity of a professional summarising unit shall be paid from the budget of the Statistical Office.

(12) The State Commission invites the Head of a professional summarising unit to its sessions always when the session agenda contains matters concerning the preparation of processing and processing of election results and readiness of professional summarising units of electoral commissions for the fulfilment of tasks pursuant to this Act.

(13) Based on an agreement with the Ministry of Interior, the Statistical Office shall issue the methodology for processing the voting results.