State Election Commission:

1. ensures the legality of elections and uniform application of the provisions of this Act relating to election procedures,


2. coordinates the work of election commissions of electoral units and district election commissions and gives them mandatory instructions regarding the implementation of this law and supervises their work,


3. prescribe forms for the enforcement of this Act,


4. determine ballots specially adapted for voting by disabled people,


5. prescribes the criteria and procedure for obtaining accreditation for election observation,


6. determines uniform standards for election materials, polling station equipment and determines other material conditions for conducting election tasks,


7. publishes the results of elections to the National Assembly,


8. issuance of a certificate of election, a certificate of performance of office during the time when a Member of Parliament holds the office of Prime Minister, Minister or Secretary of State, and a certificate of performance of office for the remainder of the term of office of the National Assembly,


9. determines which lists of candidates at the state level received four or more percent of the votes cast for all lists,


10. determines which candidates were elected as members of parliament, which candidate from the first paragraph of Article 17 of this Act holds office for the remainder of the term of office of the National Assembly and which candidate from the second paragraph of Article 14 of the Law on Deputies (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 112 /05 – official consolidated text, 109/08, 39/11 and 48/12) performs the function for the time when the member of parliament performs the function of prime minister, minister or state secretary,


11. takes care of voting at diplomatic and consular missions of the Republic of Slovenia,


12. organizes training for members of other electoral bodies,


13. manages and manages the collection of voters' personal data, which is needed for the implementation of the second paragraph of Article 79a, the second and third paragraphs of Article 81, the second paragraph of Article 82 and Article 83 of this Act,


14. performs other tasks specified by law.

The National Electoral Commission determines which electoral documents must be sent to it by the electoral commission of the electoral unit or the district electoral commission, within what time frame and in what manner.

The National Electoral Commission can transfer individual tasks within its competence to the Electoral Commission of the special electoral unit for the elections of deputies of national communities.

For the purposes of implementing point 13 of the first paragraph of this article, the National Electoral Commission collects the personal data of voters, namely: first and last name, birth data, EMŠO, decision of the competent authority on the recognition of disabled status, data on residence, e-mail address, telephone number, data on the right to vote on election day, data on the electoral unit and electoral district, and data on the method of exercising the right to vote. For the purpose of ensuring accuracy and up-to-dateness, voters' personal data can be obtained from the electoral register by establishing a direct computer connection. Downloading and updating of personal data takes place using EMŠO or using surname and date of birth. Personal data shall be kept until the final confirmation of parliamentary mandates and shall be deleted after the expiry of the deadline, with the exception of the personal data of persons with disabilities who vote permanently by mail, which shall be kept until the cancellation of the message referred to in the third paragraph of Article 81 of this Act.

Professional, administrative and technical tasks for the state election commission are performed by the service of the state election commission. The organization and work of this service is regulated by the State Electoral Commission with an act. The service of the National Electoral Commission is headed by a director, who also performs the duties of secretary of this commission. The director is appointed by the state election commission on the basis of a public competition for a mandate period of five years. For the selection, appointment and dismissal procedure, the provisions of the law governing civil servants apply mutatis mutandis and refer to director generals of directorates, with the exception of the provisions that allow dismissal for no-fault reasons.