Election representative

1. An election representative shall be a person eligible to vote in the relevant elections who is appointed by a political organisation or by a self-nominated candidate in a single-member constituency for representation of the interests of a political party/political committee/candidate and a political party/a candidate nominated by a political committee, where the representation covers all matters throughout the electoral period.

2. The election representative shall have all the rights of an election observer. The election representative shall have the right to express an opinion on all matters discussed at the meetings of the electoral committees.

3. In addition to the rights enjoyed by an election representative, as set out in Article 91(2), the election representative of a presidential candidate shall have the right to represent the presidential candidate in meetings with voters and in the media, the right to raise funds to finance the elections, as well as the right to carry out other assignments of the presidential candidate, as long as they do not conflict with the law.

4. Submission to the Central Electoral Commission of the authorisations by political organisations for election representatives to represent the nominees of those political organisations in electoral committees shall begin on the next day after the establishment of the relevant electoral committees. Submission of authorisations to represent a political organisation at the Central Electoral Commission may begin on the day of announcement of the election date.

5. Candidates self-nominated in single-member constituencies shall, alongside with sending the application documents, notify constituencies or municipal electoral committees of the authorised election representatives assigned to represent those candidates in electoral committees.

6. An electoral committee shall register the election representative within three days after receiving the authorisation for assigning an election representative.

7. The political party, political committee or candidate who had appointed an election representative shall submit a request for the withdrawal of an election representative to the relevant electoral committee.

8. The power of attorney of an election representative shall expire under the following conditions:

1) upon cancellation;

2) seven days after the publication of the final results of the elections;

3) on the last day of the time limit for the submission of appeals against cancellation of the registration of a campaigner, where no appeals are filed; on the day of rejection of the appeal, where appeals have been filed;

4) in elections to the Seimas, municipal councils and in mayoral elections: after seven days have passed after the submission of the application documents, provided the political party/political committee has no candidates on the territory of that constituency.

9. Replacement of an election representative shall follow the procedure laid down by the Central Electoral Commission.