1. take care of the legality in the preparation and conduct of the elections, and give instructions;
2. appoint the presidents of the Municipal Election Commissions and their deputies.
3. appoint the composition of the Regional Election Commissions; give instructions for their work, explanations about the application of the provisions of this Law and other laws regarding election matters;
4. establish common standards concerning the election material, provide conditions and take care of their implementation;
5. prescribe forms for conducting elections and publish them in the "Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia";
6. determine the way of handling and securing the election material;
7. determine the form, size, colour and serial numbers of the ballots;
8. organize the printing of ballots and candidates' lists;
9. hand over to, and receive the election material from, the Regional Election Commissions;
10. conduct education of the Regional Election Commission members;
11. inform the public of the way of voting and of the exercise of the right to vote;
12. adopt a code on the rules for monitoring of elections by domestic and foreign observers, in accordance with international standards, and provide them with identification documents;
13. decide upon complaints;
14. determine the election results;
15. announce the total results from the elections held for Members of Parliament within three days of their holding;
16. submit a report to the Parliament about the elections held; 17, issue certificates to the Members of Parliament elected;
18. pass a Rulebook and Guide for compensation for the members of the election bodies;
19. submit a financial report to the Parliament for the conducted elections; 20, perform the duties provided by the Law on Voters' List;
21. prescribe the type of device for marking and controlling the persons who have voted (UV lamps, spray, graphite pad);
22. adopt an act for the organization and systemization of the Secretariat of the State Election Commission;
23. form assisting bodies to carry out organizational and technical matters;
24. publish the descriptions of the polling units and election districts in the daily press;