Powers of the polling district electoral committee

1. Polling district electoral committees shall have the following powers:

1) upon receipt of electoral rolls from constituency electoral committees/municipal electoral committees, provide voters and representatives for elections with access to the electoral rolls; distribute poll cards to voters; draw up home voting electoral rolls; inform the polling district electoral committee and municipal electoral committee about the inaccuracies observed in the electoral roll and about persons who have not declared whether they comply with the requirements set out in this Code; and electronically transmit the said data under the procedure set out by the Central Electoral Commission;

2) revise the polling district electoral rolls;

3) under the procedure set out by the Central Electoral Commission, organise voting at declared polling stations in all healthcare institutions (other than outpatient institutions), social care institutions, military units, arrest houses of territorial police units, places of pre-trial detention and arrest, and prisons located on the territory of the polling district; and organise voting at home;

4) ensure that the director of the municipal administration provides the facilities for voting and that the facilities are prepared and provided with the necessary equipment under the requirements of this Code;

5) organise voting at the polling station on polling day and on the day of rerun and run-off voting;

6) count the votes, draw up a vote count record of the polling district and electronically submit the data of the report;

7) examine complaints from voters and observers in the polling district regarding the organisation of voting, the counting of votes, and the drawing up of the vote count record;

8) exercise other powers set out in this Code.

2. The term of office of a member of a polling district electoral committee shall expire under the following conditions:
1) upon resignation of the member;

2) upon expiry of the mandate of the polling district electoral committee;

3) upon adoption by the constituency/municipal electoral committee of a decision on the violation of the written pledge by a member of the committee;

4) upon adoption by the constituency/municipal electoral committee of a decision based on a reasoned proposal from the entity that had nominated the member of the committee.