§ Article 12Electoral Committees

1. Elections to the European Parliament shall be organised and conducted by:
1) the Central Electoral Committee;
2) municipal electoral committees; and
3) polling district electoral committees.
2. A citizen of the Republic of Lithuania or a citizen of any other Member State of the European Union, permanently residing in Lithuania, may be nominated to municipal electoral committee and a polling district electoral committee, provided he is eligible to stand in elections as a member of the European Parliament (without taking into consideration the minimum age limit set for a candidate, but who is not younger than 18 years of age on the polling day) and has not been dismissed, in the course of the last three elections to the Seimas, the office of the President of the Republic, the European Parliament, municipal councils or a referendum from the an electoral or referendum committee due to violations of the Law on Elections to the Seimas, the Law on Presidential Elections, the Law on Elections to the European Parliament, the Law on Elections to Municipal Councils or the Law on the Referendum.
3. The same person cannot concurrently be: a member of the electoral committee and a candidate; a candidate and a representative for elections; a representative for elections and a member of the electoral committee; a candidate and an observer at the elections; a member of the electoral committee and an observer at the elections. If a member of the electoral committee seeks to stand as a candidate, at least 10 days in advance of giving his consent to stand as a candidate, he must hand in a written resignation from the post of a member of the electoral committee. If a member of the electoral committee fails to do so, he shall be dismissed from the electoral committee for the violation of this Law and shall be not registered as a candidate or his name shall be struck off the list of candidates.