6) provides the subordinate Electoral Commissions with the necessary material and technical assistance; organizes, in the prescribed manner, the preparation and the conduct of the elections, oversees the implementation of the elections, and provides subordinate Electoral Commissions with office space, furnishings, transportation, electricity, communications equipment and other necessary items;
7) follows the transfer of lists of voters to the respective Electoral Commissions and submits those for general notification;
8) provides the subordinate Electoral Commissions with necessary electoral documentation;
9) changes the place of voting, in case the conduct of voting is impossible technically;
10) discusses the applications and complaints on the decisions and actions of the subordinate Electoral Commissions, revises or cancels the decisions of subordinate Electoral Commissions which contradict the law, except in cases prescribed by this law;
11) elects and recalls the deputy chairman and the secretary of the regional electoral committee;
12) appeals to respective competent state bodies in case of violations of this law;
13) exercises other powers, as prescribed by this law.

14.1 A Community Electoral Commission (CoEC) has the following powers:

1) oversees the implementation of this law by Precinct Electoral Commissions;
2) discusses complaints and applications received concerning the decisions and actions of Precinct Electoral Commissions, revises or cancels the decisions which contradict the law;
3) supervises the compilation the lists of voters by local self-governing bodies, compiles the lists of voters by precincts and passes them to Precinct Electoral Commissions, supervises the submission of those for general notification;
4) provides the preparation of the buildings, booths, ballot boxes and other means, necessary for voting;
5) registers and issues respective certificates to nominated candidates for the community leaders and community council members , recognizes as void or invalid their registration, in the cases prescribed by law, registers and issues certificates to the proxies of community leader and the members of community council;
6) accredits the representatives of mass media in the manner prescribes by central Electoral Commission;
7) organizes the publication on an equal basis of the biographies and pre-election programs of the candidates for community leader and the members of community councils;
8) reveals, summarizes and approves the results of elections of local self-governing bodies, conducts checking in the cases prescribed by law, recognizes the elections as taken place, invalid or not taken place, if the grounds , prescribed by the law are available;
9) issues respective certificates to the elected community leaders and community council members;
10) elects and recalls the deputy chairman and the secretary of the community electoral committee;
11) appeals to respective competent state bodies in case of violations of this law;
12) exercises other powers as prescribed by this law.

15.1 A Precinct Electoral Commission has the following powers:

1) ensures that voters have the free possibility to acquaint themselves with the lists;
2) accepts and discusses complaints on the inaccuracies in the lists of voters and resolves any disputes by introducing the respective adjustments to the lists;
3) informs the voters of the location of the precinct, the day of the elections and the working hours of the committee;
4) organizes the voting, summarizes the results of the voting, and submits them to the Community Electoral Commission;
5) elects and recalls the deputy chairman and secretary of Precinct Electoral Commission;
6) exercises other powers as prescribed by this law.

16.1 The work of Electoral Commissions is organized by the chairman of the respective committees or their deputies as assigned.

16.2 Members of Electoral Commissions have the right to inspect the issues under the jurisdiction of their committees and have access to the corresponding documents.

16.3 The Electoral Commissions determines the schedule of their regular sessions. An extraordinary session is convened by the chairman at his initiative or on the written demand of at least 1/3 of the committee members and at date set by them. The secretary of the committee informs in advance on the date of extraordinary session all members of Electoral Commission.

16.4 The sessions of a committee possess equal authority, if more than half of the total number of committee members attend.

16.5 The decisions of the Electoral Commissions are passed by an open ballot. In special cases, use of a secret ballot may be chosen by the committee members.

16.6 The ballot is considered valid if more than half of the total number of committee members have voted. The decision is passed if it receives support of more than half of the participants, with the exception of cases prescribed by this law.

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