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Article 18
 

Organization of the Election Commissions’ Activity

1. The activity of election commissions shall be carried out on the basis of collective decisions.

2. An election commission shall be authorized to start its activity once it has at least 2/3 of the established number of its members.

3. Organization of the Central Election Commission activity shall be regulated by the Rules of Procedure of the Central Election Commission.

Reference:

CEC Decree issued on May 19th 2004 year, #11 “Rule of Order of the Central Commission for Elections and Conduct of Referendum of the Kyrgyz Republic”

4. An election commissions’ meetings shall be called by its chairperson as well as upon a demand of not less than one third of the commission members. During the preparation and conduct of elections the meetings of the election commissions shall be held not less than once in two weeks.

5. The election commission member must be present at all election commission meetings.

6. A meeting of the election commission shall be considered as competent when a majority of the established number of the commission members are present.

7. Election commission decisions on issues of financing of preparation and conduct of elections, candidates’ registration, on cancellation of the candidates’ registration, on the results of voting or election results, on recognition of the election as abortive or invalid, on repeat voting or repeat elections, on repudiation of the election commission decision shall be made at the election commission meeting by a majority of votes of the established number of the election commission members.

8. The election commission decisions on other issues shall be made by the majority of votes of the commission members present at the meeting.

9. In case there is an equal division of “pro” or “against” votes when taking a decision of the election commission the vote of the election commission chairperson shall be decisive.

10. Election commission decisions shall be signed by its chairperson and its secretary.

11. Election commission members who disagree with the approved election commission decision may express their special opinion in writing, which must be considered by this election commission, recorded in its protocol, attached to it, and the chairperson should inform the superior election commission (corresponding to the level of elections) not later than within 3 days whereas on the voting day and the next day after the voting it should be done immediately.

12. Election commissions can hire non-permanent workers on a labor contract basis to undertake activities related to the preparation and conduct of elections.

13. During preparation and conduct of election of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic and elections of deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic, TV and radio broadcasting corporations that fall under the provisions of Clause 9 Article 30 of this Code shall allocate not less than 15 minutes of free air time every week on their channels to the Central Election Commission to explain election law of the Kyrgyz Republic, to inform the voters on the time and the order of implementation of the required election-related actions, on the progress of the election campaign and to give answers to voters’ questions.

14. The editorial boards of periodic press publications issued not less than once a week where founders are government bodies, or their subordinate organizations or establishments, shall allocate not less than 1/100 of their weekly publication space free of charge to the Central Election Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic to explain election law, to inform the voters on the time and the order of implementation of the required election-related actions, on the progress of the election campaign and to give answers to voters’ questions.

(In the edition of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic issued on October 14th 2001 year, No. 87, January 24th 2004 year , No. 7)