Duties of the Central Electoral Commission during the electoral period During the electoral period, the Central Electoral Commission shall:

a) oversee the enforcement of the provisions of this Code and other normative acts containing provisions relating to the conduct of elections and referendums;

b) approve the Calendar Programme of the electoral activities and oversee the execution within the prescribed timeframes of the measures and actions stipulated by it;

c) coordinate the activities of all electoral bodies on the organisation and holding of elections, under the conditions of this Code;

d) establish Electoral Districts and the District Electoral Councils, oversee the activities of lower electoral bodies;

e) issue decisions on the activities of electoral bodies, electoral procedures, arrangements for organisation and conduct of elections and technical and administrative aspects;

f) decide on the detachment from professional duties and/or convening of members of the electoral councils, approve the state of personnel and determine the number of electoral officials of the electoral councils and Precinct Electoral Bureaus who may be detached/convened, including the period for which they are detached/convened;

g) on the basis of data provided by the Public Service Agency, publishes the list of political parties who are entitled to participate in elections;

h) publishes the number of councillors, depending on the number of inhabitants of the district as on 1 January of the year in which the elections take place, according to the data from the State Population Register presented by the Public Services Agency;

i) ensure the compilation and verification of the Voter’s Lists, by collaborating with the central and local public administration authorities, with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, with diplomatic missions and consular offices;

j) distribute funds required for holding elections and coordinates the technical and material endowment of elections;

k) establish the model of ballot papers, documents, forms and other related elections documents, and the model of the stamps used by the electoral bodies, including the technical parameters and/or standards for the electoral equipment;

l) draw up documents for the optimisation and standardisation of the electoral procedures on the organisation, layout and endowment of the premises of the polling stations with necessary equipment and tools, for the proper conduct of the voting process;

m) examine communications from public authorities concerning the organisation and holding of elections;

n) address issues on participation in elections, of citizens that on the day of voting are abroad;

o) review of observance of the gender equality principle in the electoral process;

p) collaborates with the Media and civil society associations with to organize electoral and civic education events for voters and information activities on the conduct of the electoral process; 

q) provide voters with electoral information through Media outlets and any time on request;

r) organise preliminary consultations with political parties, electoral blocs of parties and the Media outlets representatives and ensures the signing by them of the Code of Conduct, before the beginning of the electoral campaign;

s) examine claims and complaints under the provisions of this Code and the Administrative Code, adopt executory decisions on this matter;

t) ensures the conduct of the second round of elections, Repeated voting, early elections, new and partial elections under the terms of this Code;

u) systemize information related to the voters presence in elections, makes the preliminary tabulation of elections and brings the final results to public knowledge;

v) tabulate the elections at national level and, where appropriate, present the report on the results of the elections to the Constitutional Court.