(1) In accordance with the Law on the Election of City, County and Pagasts Councils and in accordance with the procedure set by the Central Election Commission, city, county and pagasts election commissions shall:
1) receive, register and publish lists of council member candidates;
2) validate the contents of ballot papers and ensure their printing and delivery to polling stations;
3) appoint the polling station where voters may cast their votes before the designated election day;
4) supervise the work of polling station commissions and render them assistance by providing them with transport, communications, other technical equipment, as well as security guards;
5) check the election results in specific polling stations on the basis of received complaints or on their own initiative;
6) inform voters about the voting procedure;
7) review complaints or submissions pertaining to elections;
8) be entitled to review any issue related to the preparation and conduct of elections;
9) ensure on election day the delivery of additional ballot papers to the polling stations where they are in short supply;
10) after the elections are over, receive election commission minutes (vote-counting records) and other materials from polling station commissions, check these records, and tally the votes for the entire city, county or pagasts;
11) validate election results, determine which candidates have been elected and publish the council election results of major cities in the newspaper "Latvijas V?stnesis", but the election results of district cities, counties and pagasts shall be displayed near the respective council building;
12) send their decisions about the validation of election results together with the election commission records, to the Central Election Commission;
13) fulfill other duties related to council elections.
(2) District election commissions, in compliance with the Law on the Election of City, County and Pagasts Councils and in accordance with the procedure set by the Central Election Commission, shall:
1) see to it that the relevant state and local government institutions provide election commissions with premises, transport and communications, as well as other materials and technical resources;
2) set the procedure for sending election commission minutes (vote counting records) and other election materials to election commissions, as well as prescribe the procedure for information exchange;
3) set the procedure for sending election commission minutes (vote counting records) and other election materials to the district election commission;
4) hear reports of city, county and pagasts election commissions on the preparation for elections;
5) instruct city, county, and pagasts election commissions on all issues pertaining to ensuring the compliance of the election process with the law;
6) check election results in specific constituencies or polling stations upon received complaints or on their own initiative;
7) inform voters about the voting procedure;
8) review complaints or submissions concerning the decisions and work of city, county or pagasts election commissions;
9) be entitled to review any issue related to the perpetration and conduct of elections;
10) fulfil other duties related to council elections.
(As amended by the 02.11.2000 law and the13.06.2002 law)
