County Electoral Commission

(1) The political party or coalition represented in the National Council of the Slovak Republic, and a petitions committee may delegate one member and one substitute for the County Electoral Commission. The political party, coalition or petitions committee shall deliver the notice of delegation of a member and substitute to the District Office Head within the time limit provided in the decision on the call of elections.

(2) The notice of delegation of a member and substitute shall contain

a) the name, surname and date of birth of the member, including the address for the delivery of papers,

b) the name, surname and date of birth of the substitute, including the address for the delivery of papers,

c) name, surname and signature of the person

1. authorised to act on behalf of the political party and the seal of the political party,

2. authorised to act on behalf of each political party creating a coalition and its seal, if a coalition is concerned,

3. appointed to be in contact with a central government authority, if a petitions committee is concerned.

(3) The notice of delegation of a member and substitute can be delivered in paper form or in electronic form. The time limit for the delivery of the notice shall end upon the expiry of the last day of the time limit. The notices delivered after the expiry of such time limit shall not be taken into account.

(4) If the County Electoral Commission is not created in the way laid down in Paragraph 1 or if the number of its members decreases below five and there is no substitute, the missing members shall be appointed by the District Office Head.

(5) The first session of the County Electoral Commission shall take place within the time limit provided in the decision on the call of elections; the session shall be summoned by the District Office Head.

(6) The membership of the County Electoral Commission shall cease to exist on the date

of delivery of a written notice of recall of the member by the political party, coalition or petitions committee, which delegated them, or upon the delivery of a written notice of the member’s resignation to the Chairman of the County Electoral Commission, who will call the substitute. The membership of the County Electoral Commission shall also cease to exist if the member fails to take an oath no later than ten days before the date of elections; this shall not apply to the substitute.

(7) The County Electoral Commission

a) supervises the readiness of District Electoral Commissions to fulfil the tasks hereunder,

b) negotiates information of the District Office on the organisational and technical preparation of elections,

c) negotiates information on the securing of the activity of its professional summarising unit,

d) supervises the processing of voting results,

e) prepares a record of voting results,

f) hands over the election documents to the District Office for safekeeping.

(8) The territory of the County Electoral Commission is identical with the territory of the District Office pursuant to a special regulation.