Deadlines for setting up constituency electoral committees, municipal electoral committees and polling district electoral committees in preparation for early elections

1. Where early elections to the Seimas under Article 58 of the Constitution are held within three months from the date of their announcement or early elections of the President of the Republic are held under Article 87 or Article 89(1) of the Constitution two months after the date of their announcement, the constituency electoral committees and municipal electoral committees shall determine the number of members of the electoral committee for each polling district no later than 45 days before the date of early elections. Constituency electoral committees and municipal electoral committees shall be set up no later than 60 days before the date of early elections.

2. Nominations for membership in polling district electoral committees must be submitted to constituency electoral committees and municipal electoral committees no later than 42 days before the date of early elections.

3. Constituency electoral committees shall be set up no later than 40 days before the date of early elections.

4. If early presidential elections under Article 87 or Article 89(1) of the Constitution are held earlier than two months after the date of their announcement, the time limits of 40, 42, 45 and 60 days referred to in this Article shall be reduced the number of days by which the two-month time limit is shortened.

5. A member of a polling district electoral committee having failed to make a written pledge for more than seven days from the date of appointment or having made a written pledge with reservations shall lose office in the polling district electoral committee.