Setting up of a PEC
1. A PEC shall consist of not more than 17 members appointed/elected within the period and under the procedure established by this Law by the subjects defined by the same Law.
2. A respective DEC shall elect 8 PEC members by at least two thirds of the total number of its members, provided that a candidate is also supported by at least 3 members of the respective DEC elected by the CEC for a 5-year term. A DEC member shall not participate in the selection procedure defined in this paragraph if he/she is a family member of a candidate for membership in a respective PEC (spouse, direct ascendant or descendant relative, stepchild, sister, brother or a stepchild of a parent or child, sister, brother, or a parent of the spouse). A person may not be elected as a PEC member if he/she was appointed in the last general elections as a member of an election commission of any level by a party.
3. Eight members of a PEC set up in a foreign state shall be elected by the CEC under the procedure established by this article and Article 25 of this Law.
4. Nine members of a PEC shall be appointed by the respective parties under the procedure established by Article 13 of this Law.
5. A legally competent citizen of Georgia from the age of 18, who meets the requirements defined by this Law, may be elected/appointed as a member of a PEC.
6. The following persons/entities may not be elected/appointed as PEC members:
a) a person who has been dismissed from a position in the Electoral Administration of Georgia by the election commission or the court due to violation of the electoral legislation of Georgia – during 4 years after the day of his/her dismissal;
b) a person who has been recognised as an administrative offender by court due to violation of the electoral legislation of Georgia – during 4 years after the entry into legal force of the court decision;
c) a person with previous conviction (except when a fine has been imposed as a sanction on the person);
d) an MP of Georgia, or the head of staff of the Parliament of Georgia;
e) a minister of Georgia or of an autonomous republic, and his/her deputy;
f) a head of a department or of a division of a ministry;
g) the chairperson of a municipality representative body – Sakrebulo, a Mayor, and their deputies;
h) a military service member, an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, the Ministry of Defence of Georgia, the State Security Service of Georgia, the Georgian Intelligence Service, the state sub-agency institution within the system of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia – the Special Penitentiary Service, the Special State Protection Service of Georgia, the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, and an investigator of the Investigative Division of the State Inspector’s Service; i) a judge or his/her assistant;
j) an employee of the Prosecutor’s Office;
k) an electoral subject/a candidate for electoral subject or its representative;
l) an observer;
m) a representative of print media and other means of mass communication accredited in an election commission in question.
Organic Law of Georgia No 1788 of 13 December 2013 – website, 28.12.2013
Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014
Organic Law of Georgia No 3973 of 8 July 2015 – website, 15.7.2015
Organic Law of Georgia No 5438 of 22 June 2016 – website, 12.7.2016
Organic Law of Georgia No 1232 of 26 July 2017 – website, 29.7.2017
Organic Law of Georgia No 1274 of 26 July 2017 – website, 29.7.2017
Organic Law of Georgia No 3127 of 5 July 2018 – website, 11.7.2018
Organic Law of Georgia No 3269 of 21 July 2018 – website, 27.7.2018
Organic Law of Georgia No 3301 of 21 July 2018 – website, 9.8.2018
Organic Law of Georgia No 4259 of 27December 2018 – website, 29.12.2018
Organic Law of Georgia No 4903 of 28June 2019 – website, 28.6.2019
Organic Law of Georgia No 4988 of 20 September 2019 – website, 23.9.2019
Organic Law of Georgia No 6723 of 2 July 2020 – website, 3.7.2020
Organic Law of Georgia No 703 of 28 June 2021 – website, 29.6.2021
