Electoral campaign monitoring

1. No later than six months prior to the election date, the CEC shall appoint an adequate number of persons to monitor that electoral subjects comply with the obligations concerning campaign funding and other obligations under this chapter.

2. The CEC shall determine, by special instruction, the criteria on the selection of monitors, as well as on the scope of monitoring. Monitoring shall be limited to observing easily verifiable abidance of electoral subjects by their obligations pertaining to the electoral campaign, including here abidance by prohibitions and limitations on certain forms of campaigning, and misuse of state resources.

3. Monitoring must not expose monitors to unnecessary risks.

4. Monitoring shall not require monitors to calculate the total electoral campaign expenditures made by the electoral subject or various financial variables that require collection of extensive metadata.

5. In the event monitors observe violations during the monitoring process, they shall inform the CEC, in the manner determined by the CEC, on the day the observation is made.