Appointment/election of the Chairperson/member of Central Elections Commission of Georgia
1. The Chairperson/members of the Central Elections Commission of Georgia shall be elected by the Parliament of Georgia, by roll-call vote, within 14 days following nomination by the President of Georgia of the candidates for CEC Chairperson/members to the Parliament of Georgia. Each candidate shall be voted separately. The CEC Chairperson/member shall be deemed as elected if he/she is voted by the majority of the full roll of MPs. If the number of those persons exceeds the number of persons to be elected, the 6 candidates with the best results among them shall be deemed as elected. If the winner is not revealed due to the equal number of votes received by the candidates, the candidates shall be voted immediately until the winner is not revealed among them.
2. If all the vacancies are not filled up in result of the voting, the remaining candidates shall be voted repeatedly. If the vacancy is not filled up again, one more voting shall be conducted. If the vacancy is still not filled up, among the other candidates participating in the competition, 2 candidates for each remaining vacancy shall be nominated by the President of Georgia to the Parliament of Georgia within 3 days term. If the vacancy is still not filled up, competition shall be announced for the remaining vacancy no later than 3 days and the, the procedure of nomination of candidates for the remained vacancies shall commence from the beginning.
3. One and the same candidate may be nominated twice only.
4. After the pre-term termination of the terms of office of CEC member, for filling the commission composition up to seven members, during the nearest session week of the Parliament of Georgia, the candidates having received not less than majority votes of the full roll of MPs, shall be again nominated by the President of Georgia to the Parliament of Georgia, or President of Georgia announces competition no later the 3th day. The same rule is applied in case such candidate does not exist.
5. The resolution of Parliament of Georgian on the election of the CEC Chairperson/member shall be submitted to the CEC within 7 days term following its adoption.
6. The resolution mentioned in paragraph 5 of this Article shall indicate the first and last name of a person appointed/elected as the CEC Chairperson/member. The order shall be enclosed with the documentation mentioned in Article 27, paragraph 6, which had been submitted for the vacancy competition and the application signed by the above mentioned person, stating that he/she meets the requirements of the Article 18, paragraph 5 of this Law.
