The detachment and convocation of the electoral officials.

Remuneration and guarantees of electoral officials

(1) The Central Electoral Commission shall establish by decision the number of members of the electoral bodies and staff of their Offices that may be detached, where appropriate, convened, as well as the timeframe for such detachment or convocation.

(2) As a general rule, the District Electoral Council shall adopt, at the first meeting, a decision on the nomination of some members to be detached or, where appropriate, to be convened, within the limits established by the Central Electoral Commission in ac­cordance with paragraph (1). The decision shall also include a proposal for approval of the staffing of the Council’s Office. That decision shall be forwarded immediately to the electoral body which established the concerned electoral council, but not later than 3 days after the Council was created.

(3) As a general rule, the Precinct Electoral Bureau shall adopt, at the first meeting, a decision on the nomination of some members to be detached or, where appropriate, to be convened, within the limits established by the Central Electoral Commission in accor­dance with paragraph (1). The decision shall be forwarded immediately, but no later than 3 days after the establishment of the Precinct Electoral Bureau, to the District Electoral Council, which shall decide, in accordance with its jurisdiction, on the detachment/convo­cation of members of the Precinct Electoral Bureaus.

(4) The detachment or, where appropriate, the convocation and approval of staf-fing shall be performed by the electoral body which established the concerned Electoral Council and/or the Precinct Electoral Bureau, based on the decision of the Central Elector­al Commission. The staff of the electoral council and of the electoral bureau established by it, is relieved from their duties by the respective electoral council.

(5) For the activity performed during the electoral period, persons detached from budgetary institutions or other budgetary units and those convened, shall receive an al­lowance, calculated on the basis of the average monthly wage for the previous year, fore­casted and approved by the Government, which shall be paid from the funds allocated for elections.

(6) For the members of the electoral bodies and for the staff of the District Electoral Council, detached from the budgetary institutions, shall be kept their salary at their per­manent place of work.

(7) Public servants that perform as members of the electoral bodies and as staff of these bodies, for the electoral period, shall keep their salary as public servants.

(8) For the activity performed during the electoral period, including on Elections Day, for the non-detached and non-convened members of electoral bodies is established a monthly allowance equal to 20 % of the average monthly wage for the previous year, forecasted and approved by the Government that shall be paid from the funds allocated for elections.

(9) The Electoral Council shall be assisted by an Office, the staffing of which shall be approved by the Central Electoral Commission on the proposal of the District Electoral Council. The staffing shall include accountants (including one chief accountant), special­ists (consultants, operators) and other technical personnel. For the activity performed during the electoral period, the staff of the District Electoral Council shall receive an al­lowance calculated on the basis of the average monthly wage for the previous year, fore­casted and approved by the Government and paid from the funds allocated for elections.

(10) Depending on the type of the elections, the Precinct Electoral Bureau is assisted by an Office that includes operators of the State Automated Information System “Elec­tions” and other technical personnel. The Electoral Council shall adopt a decision by which it appoints the staff, at the Precinct Electoral Bureau proposal, and shall establish the period of employment of the staff who assists the Precinct Electoral Bureau.

(11) As the basis for payment of the allowance, under the conditions laid down in paragraph (5), (8)-(10) serve the decisions on establishment, changing the electoral bod­ies’ composition and detachment or, where appropriate, convocation of electoral officials.

(12) In the case of simultaneous organisation of two electoral events and in the situ­ations laid down in Articles 8 (2), electoral officials are entitled to an increase with 10 % of the allowance laid down in paragraph (5), (8)-(10) from this article.

(13) Where necessary, may be concluded individual contracts of employment or ser­vices contracts, for the period in which specific activities are being performed. Expendi­ture shall be made from the funds for elections.54 55

(14) Under tax legislation provision, the allowance paid to non-detached and non-con­vened electoral officials, for the activity performed within the electoral bodies, shall be treated as a non-taxable source of income.

(15) As a general rule, members of the electoral bodies and staff of these bodies shall benefit of a day off, immediately after the Elections Day, under the conditions laid down in the Labour Code.

^{[Art.45 (5), (8), (9), (12) amended by Law No.1 of 18.01.2024, in force as of 25.01.2024]}

^{[Art.45 (4) amended by Law No. 130 of 29 May 2025, in force as of 3 June 2025]}