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Article 154
 

a)          § 4 shall read as follows:


“§ 4. A member of a precinct or territorial electoral commission, in connection with the execution of tasks, is entitled to:


1)                        days off from work for the election day and vote counting, as well as for the day following the day on which the vote counting was completed while retaining the right to social security benefits and rights under the employment relationship,


2)                        up to 5 days off from work while retaining the right to social security benefits and rights under the employment relationship, with the exception of the right to remuneration.”,


b)         after § 4, § 4a-4d shall be added and read as follows:


“§ 4a. If members of a precinct or territorial electoral commission intend to take days off from work as referred to in § 4, they are obliged, at least 3 days before the expected date of absence from work, to notify the employer in writing of the reason and expected period of absence from work, and then, no later than the next day after the expiration of the period of absence from work, to provide the employer with a certificate justifying the absence from work due to the execution of tasks of the commission.


§ 4b. The certificate referred to in § 4a shall include:


1)                       name and surname of the person who is a member of the committee;


2)                       indication of the legal basis for taking days off from work;


3)                        the reason and duration of absence from work.


§ 4c. The certificate bearing the seal of the precinct or territorial electoral commission shall be signed by the chairman of the commission, and for the chairman of the commission - by his deputy.


§ 4d. The certificate shall be drawn up in two copies, one of which shall be given to the concerned member of the commission, and the other shall be kept in the commission’s records.”,


c)          in § 7 point 3 shall be repealed; 73) in Article 160 in § 1:


a)          point 2 shall read as follows:


“2) overseeing the updating of data collected in the Central Register of Voters and the compilation of electoral registers;”,


b)         point 9a shall read as follows:


“9a) to direct, within a period of 13 days before election day, accessible information on the manner of voting and the conditions for the validity of the vote to as many voters as possible using the Commission’s website and through the mass media;”;