1. An election commission consists of the commission Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, commission secretary and other members.
2. Members and staff of the election commission are election administration officers.
3. The election administration officer may not join a party, and where he was a party member, he is obliged to withdraw from the party.
4. The members and staff of the Central Elections Commission of Georgia, Superior Election Commissions of Abkhazia and Ajara, other than the assisting employees and non-staff employees, are public officers. In terms of activity restriction and official inconsistency, the requirements of activity restriction and official inconsistency prescribed by Articles 61 and 64 of the Law of Georgia "On Civil Service" and paragraphs 3, 6 to 9, Article 13 of the Law of Georgia "On the Collision of Interests and Corruption in Civil Service" shall apply to an election administration employee. The election administration officer has not a right to be a servant of a state authority or institution of another country.
5. Only qualified voters may be appointed/elected as members of the Central Election Commission, District and Precinct Election Commission, except for:
a) A person who has not been awarded the election administration officer's certificate;
b) A person who has been dismissed from commission membership by the election commission or the court for violating electoral legislation;
c) A person whose violation of electoral legislation has been proved by the court;
d) A person who had been tried for a grave criminal offence (except the cases when a fine has been applied to a person as a sanction) and has not been cleared of a criminal record;
e) Heads and deputy heads of the departments included in the bodies of executive power;
f) Heads and deputy heads of the local government and self-government bodies;
g) Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Defence, Special State Protection Service;
h) Judges and assistants to judges;
i) Employees of the Prosecutor’s Office;
j) Election subjects and their representatives;
k) Domestic and international observers.
6. In case a person has been appointed/elected an election administration officer, such person is obliged to comply with the requirements of activity restriction and official inconsistency prescribed by paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article within the period of 7 days.
