Legal encyclopedia. Letter C

CENTRAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION

- a collegial body for which the law is entrusted with the overall management of the activities of all election commissions for the preparation and conduct of elections and a referendum on the territory of the Russian Federation.

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation acts on a permanent basis and is a legal entity, has a seal with its name and image of the State Emblem of the Russian Federation, other seals and stamps necessary to support the activities of the Commission, as well as the emblem.

The legislative basis of the Commission's activity is the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws, federal laws. The Commission independently solves issues related to its conduct, and is not bound by decisions of political parties and other public associations.

The commission consists of 15 members with the right of decisive vote, who are appointed by the chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the President of the Russian Federation in accordance with the federal law. Foreign citizens, persons under the age of 18, persons who have an unexpunged or unexpunged conviction, as well as judges, prosecutors, deputies of the legislature, candidates for deputies, etc. can not be members of the Central Electoral Committee with a casting vote right. Powers of the Commission is 4 years.

In the event of early release of a member of the Commission with a casting vote from the duties of a member of the Commission, the Chairman of the Commission, within a week from the date of the said exemption, applies to the State Duma or the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation or to the President of the Russian Federation with a proposal to appoint a new member of the Commission.

Members of the Commission with a casting vote by secret ballot elect the Chairman of the Commission. The candidate who has received more than half of the votes is considered elected. The decision to elect the Chairman of the Commission shall be made by the Commission on the basis of the minutes of the Counting Commission on the results of voting for the election of the Chairman of the Commission and shall be formalized by a resolution of the Commission.

In the same way, the Deputy Chairman of the Commission and the Secretary are elected.

Chairman of the Commission:

1) organizes the work of the Commission;

2) convene and conduct meetings of the Commission;

3) issue orders and give instructions on matters within his competence;

4) signs resolutions of the Commission;

5) carries out general management of the activities of the Commission's staff, recruits and fires its employees;

6) represents the Commission in its relations with the President of the Russian Federation, other federal bodies of state power, state authorities of the subjects of the Russian Federation, other state bodies, election commissions, referendum commissions, public associations, other organizations and officials, as well as foreign and international organizations, Information;

7) is the administrator of financial resources allocated to the Commission from the federal budget;

8) exercise control over the implementation of measures to bring the legislation of the subjects of the Russian Federation in line with the Federal Law;

9) organizes the accreditation of foreign (international) observers, organizes and coordinates international cooperation in the field of electoral systems;

10) exercise other powers in accordance with federal constitutional laws, federal laws and the distribution of duties in the Commission.

The Chairman of the Commission, the Deputy Chairman of the Commission, the Secretary of the Commission may be prematurely dismissed from the replaced positions on the basis of decisions of the Commission, taken by a majority vote of the established number of members of the Commission by secret ballot.

The Commission carries out its activities in the form of meetings. The first meeting is held after the Commission has been formed not less than two-thirds of the established number of members, not later than on the 15th day after making decisions on the appointment of the members of the Commission by the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the President RF, but not earlier than the expiry of the term of office of the former Commission.

The term of office of the Commission starts from the day of its first meeting.