Powers of Local Executive and Administrative as Well as of Representative Bodies in Organising the Preparation of Elections, Referendum or Recall of a Deputy or a Member of the Council of the Republic
The Oblast and the Minsk City executive committees shall prepare proposals on the formation of electoral districts for elections to the Chamber of Representatives and the Oblast and the Minsk City Councils of Deputies.
Regional, town (in towns subordinated to Oblast and region), settlement and rural executive committees shall prepare proposals on the formation of electoral districts for elections to the regional, town, settlement and rural Councils of Deputies.
District and town (in towns subordinated to Oblast) executive committees and district administrations in towns shall form electoral precincts and precinct commissions when holding elections, referendum or recall of a deputy.
Town (in towns subordinated to regions), settlement and rural executive committees shall form town, settlement and rural territorial electoral commissions on elections of deputies of town, settlement and rural Councils of Deputies, and town, settlement and rural commissions on the referendum.
Town, settlement and rural executive committees, district administrations in towns and district executive committees in towns and urbanised settlements where town or settlement executive committees are not formed shall provide the account of citizens and hand over to the precinct commissions the lists of citizens living in the territory of the respective electoral precincts and having the right to take part in elections, referendum or recall of a deputy.
Regional, town, settlement and rural executive committees and executive committees of district administrations in towns shall:
1) organise the provision to the commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, electoral commissions, commissions on the referendum and commissions on the holding of voting for recall of a deputy of rooms for location of the commissions and holding of voting as well as the required equipment, communication and transport facilities according to the procedure established by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus;
2) assist in organising meetings of candidates for the position of the President of the Republic of Belarus and for deputies with the electors; secure free-of-charge provision to them of rooms for these purposes as well as of the required information materials; solve issues on provision of rooms for public discussion of the proposals offered for the referendum; and
3) allocate in the territory of polling stations places for location of agitation printed materials.
Regional and town executive committees, district administrations in towns as well as the Oblast and the Minsk City executive committees, when citizens of the Republic of Belarus initiate holding of a referendum, shall verify authenticity of the signatures of citizens in the signature lists for the referendum and take decisions on the results of collection of citizens’ signatures.
Presidiums of the Oblast and the Minsk City Councils of Deputies and the Oblast and the Minsk City executive committees:
1) shall form the district electoral commissions on elections of the Chamber of Representatives as well as accordingly in the Oblasts – the district elective commissions on elections of the Oblast Council of Deputies and in the City of Minsk – territorial electoral commissions executing in the districts of the City of Minsk the powers of the district electoral commissions on elections of the Minsk City Council of Deputies;
2) shall form the Oblast and the Minsk City territorial commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus on elections on the local Councils of Deputies, the Oblast and the Minsk City commissions on the referendum as well as district commissions on the holding of the vote on recall of the deputy of the Chamber of Representatives or the deputy of the Oblast Council of Deputies; and
3) shall convene sittings of deputies of local Councils of Deputies of the base level of the Oblast and of deputies of the Minsk City Council of Deputies on elections and recall of members of the Council of the Republic.
The presidiums of the regional or town Councils of Deputies and the regional and town (subordinated to Oblasts) executive committees shall form the regional and town territorial commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, on elections of the local Councils of Deputies as well as regional and town commissions on the referendum;
The presidiums of the town Councils of Deputies and the town executive committees in towns divided into districts shall form district commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus and on the referendum.
The presidiums of the Minsk City, regional and town (subordinated to Oblasts) of Councils of Deputies and the respective executive committees shall nominate candidates for the Council of Republic as well as initiate (except fir the presidium of the Minsk City Council of Deputies and the Minsk City executive committee) the issue on recall of the member of the Council of Republic.
Local Councils of Deputies shall establish the number of electoral districts to be formed and the average number of electors per district on elections of the respective local Council of Deputies and appoint respectively Oblast, regional, town, settlement and rural referendums as well as elections of deputies instead of those who left their positions.
The chairman or the presidium of the local Council of Deputies shall:
1) convene meetings of electors for initiation and raising of the issue of recall of the deputy; and
2) organise verification of the authenticity of signatures of electors in the signature lists in support of the proposal on initiation of the issue on recall of the deputy and make up a record on the results of the signature collection.
Local executive and administrative as well as representative bodies shall exercise also other powers provided for by this Code and other legislative acts of the Republic of Belarus on elections, referendum and recall of deputy.