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Article 34
 

Formation of the Commissions on Elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, Deputies of the Chamber of Representatives, Deputies of Local Councils of Deputies, on the Referendum and the Holding of Voting for Recall of a Deputy

 

The commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of the Chamber of Representatives, deputies of local Councils of Deputies, on the referendum and the holding of voting for recall of a deputy formed from representatives specified in part one of Article 11 of this Code shall be formed:

the Oblast and the Minsk City commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, the Oblast and the Minsk City territorial electoral commissions on elections of deputies of local Councils of Deputies, the Oblast and the Minsk City commissions on the referendum – by the presidiums of the Oblast and the Minsk City Councils of Deputies and the Oblast and the Minsk City executive committees with the membership of the commission 9 to 13 persons; the said commissions shall be formed respectively not later than 80 and 85 days before the elections and one month before the referendum;

the district electoral commissions on elections of deputies of the Chamber of Representatives and deputies of the Oblast Councils of Deputies, the territorial electoral commissions exercising in the districts of the City of Minsk powers of the district electoral commissions on elections to the Minsk City Council of Deputies – by the presidiums of the Oblast and the Minsk City Councils of Deputies and the Oblast and the Minsk City executive committees with the membership of the commission 9 to 13 persons not later than 75 days before the elections;

the regional, town commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, the regional and town (in towns subordinated to Oblast) territorial electoral commissions on elections of deputies of local Councils of Deputies, the regional, town commissions on the referendum – by the presidiums of the regional and town Councils of Deputies and the town and regional executive committees whereas the town district commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus – by the presidiums of the town Councils of Deputies and the town executive committees with the number of members on the commission 9 to 13 persons; the said commissions shall be formed respectively not later than 80 and 85 days before the elections and one month before the referendum;

the town (in towns subordinated to regions), settlement and rural territorial electoral commissions on elections of deputies of the town, settlement and rural Councils of Deputies and the town (in towns subordinated to regions), settlement and rural territorial electoral commissions on the referendum – by the town, settlement and rural executive committees with the number of members on the commission 7 to 11 members, not later than 85 days before the elections and one month before the referendum;

the district commissions on the holding of voting for recall of a deputy of the Chamber of Representatives or a deputy of the Oblast Council of Deputies – by the presidiums of the Oblast and the Minsk City Councils of Deputies and the Oblast and the Minsk City executive committees with the number of members on the commission 9 to 13 persons, not later than five days as from the day of the decision taken on the appointment of voting for recall of the deputy; and

the precinct commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, the precinct electoral commissions on elections of deputies of the Chamber of Representatives and deputies of local Councils of Deputies, the precinct commissions on the referendum and the precinct commissions on the holding of voting for recall of the deputy – by the regional and town executive committees and in towns divided into districts – by the district administrations with the number of members on the commission 5 to 19 persons, not later than 45 days before the elections, 20 days before the referendum and 10 days as from the day of taking the decision on the appointment of voting for recall of the deputy, respectively. In required cases, the composition of the precinct commission may be increased or decreased.

 

Joint decisions of the presidium of the respective local Council of Deputies and the executive committee shall be taken by the majority of votes of their members. The joint sitting of these bodies must be attended by at least two-thirds of the members of the presidium of the local Council of Deputies and the executive committee.

 

Decision on the formation of commissions specifying their composition, place of location and telephone numbers shall be published within a seven-day period in press or shall be otherwise made known to citizens (electors).

 

Beyond the Republic of Belarus, when elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus or deputies of the Chamber of Representatives or a republican referendum are held, the precinct commissions shall be formed by the heads of diplomatic representations (consular institutions) of the Republic of Belarus operating in the territory of the respective foreign states.