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Article 17
 

The Election Commission shall:

 take care of the legal conduct of the elections in the municipality;



appoint the members of the Electoral Boards and give instructions for their work;



organize and implement education  of the Electoral Board members;



determine if the proposed candidates’ lists for election of council members and the candidate list for mayor are submitted in accordance with this Law;



confirm the lists of the proposed candidates and determine the order on the general list of candidates by drawing lots;



post the determined candidates’ lists;



undertake technical preparations for conducting the elections in accordance with the guidelines and instructions of the State Election Commission;



inform the citizens on the way and technique of voting;



register the authorized representatives of the candidates for monitoring the work of the Election Commission and the Electoral Boards;



hand over and retrieve the election materials to and from the Electoral Boards in a manner determined by this Law;



determine the results of the voting in the municipality and the City of Skopje, within 24 hours following the closing of the polling stations;



calculate and announce the results for election of municipal council members and mayor of the municipality and the City of Skopje and submit them to the State Election Commission and the municipality and the City of Skopje;



decide upon complaints;



fill in and submit statistical data for the needs of the State Bureau of Statistics; and



perform other duties, as provided by law.











The work of the Election Commission shall be public.