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The content of Article 1 (‘definition of terms’) would possibly be better placed in the body of the text. For instance, the definition of “State Register of Voters” could initiate the present article 2 (‘main objectives of the State Register’), which defines its objectives. That article would hence have two paragraphs: one defining the Register, and the second, its objectives. In fact, as far as the definition of the responsibility of the CEC is concerned, the following can be said: while Article 1 provides that the term “administrator of the State Register shall mean the Central Election Commission”, an almost identical definition is repeated in 10.2 (“The Central Election Commission shall be the authority of maintenance of the Central Register of Voters and the main administrator thereof) and in 13.2 (“The Central Election Commission shall be the Main Administrator of the State Register”, which exists with other administrators -regional, local: art. 13.1-, so modifying the definition in article 1). And, after these variations, in some occasions the Law still refers to the “Central Election Commission”, instead of using the alternative definition (see article 14.2). It is recommended to use consistent definitions throughout the whole text.