Establishment of Central Elections Commission of Georgia
1. The Chairperson and 6 members of the Central Elections Commission of Georgia shall be elected by the Parliament of Georgia under nomination of the President of Georgia.
2. Candidates for the CEC Chairperson/members shall be selected under the open competition.
3. No later the 60th day prior to expiration of the terms of reference of the Chairperson/members of the Central Elections Commission of Georgia, the President of Georgia shall issue an order on holding of a competition and creating selection committee.
4. A non-partisan person, having higher education and fluently speaking the state language of Georgia, having high reputation in public, with at least 3 years working experience and holding the certificate of election administration officer may become a candidate for the CEC Chairperson/member.
5. Any capable citizen of Georgia at the age of 25 years at least, who meets the requirements prescribed by Article 18, paragraph 5 and paragraph 4 of this Article, also Article 17 of Law of Georgia "On Civil Service" is eligible to participate in the competition. Documents for the vacancy shall be submitted within no later the 14th day after announcement of a vacancy.
6. The application filed for participation in the competition shall indicate: the first and last name of a candidate; education (higher); specialty, academic degree (if any); place of residence (according to the ID card and registration certificate of a citizen of Georgia); place and title of job; contact address and telephone number (if any). The application shall be signed by the candidate and shall be enclosed with:
a) Two photos of a candidate;
b) Copy of ID card (registration certificate) of a citizen of Georgia;
c) Copy of a document proving higher education (academic degree - if any)
d) Copy of the certificate of the election administration officer;
e) Resume and description of his/her experience of participation in elections (if any).
7. If at least 2 candidates are not nominated for one vacancy within the term determined by the Law, the competition shall be prolonged for the term during which at least 2 candidates will be nominated for one vacancy.
8. In 2 days following expiration of the term for nomination of candidates the list of candidates shall be published.
9. No later the 5th day following expiration of the term for nomination of the candidates, the selection committee shall submit to the President of Georgia for each vacancy at least 2 and no more than 3 candidates to be selected for the CEC. The President of Georgia shall select the candidate for the CEC Chairperson. No later the 7th day following selection/nomination of candidates, the President of Georgia shall make the reasoned decision on selection of candidates and nominate to the Parliament of Georgia the candidate for the vacancy of CEC Chairperson and 2 candidates for one vacancy of the CEC member.
