§ Article 14Formation of Municipal Electoral Committees

1. The Central Electoral Committee shall for the period of elections form municipal electoral committees no later than 74 days in advance of the elections.
2. Municipal electoral committees shall be composed of:
1) a person nominated by the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania, having a university law degree, who resides or works in the territory of that municipality;
2) a person nominated by the Lithuanian Lawyers’ Association, having a university law degree, who resides or works in the territory of that municipality;
3) a career public servant employed in the administration of that municipality, nominated by the director of the administration of the said municipality;
4) persons nominated by the parties which during the last elections to the Seimas have received the mandates of the Seimas members in the multi-member constituency of the elections to the Seimas.
3. The Minister of Justice, the Lithuanian Lawyers' Society or the director of the municipal administration may nominate more candidates for members of the committee.
4. Parties which have received the mandates of the Seimas members in the last elections to the Seimas according to the list (joint list) of candidates shall each have the right to nominate two representatives to municipal electoral committees from one list of nominated candidates (joint list). If the representatives meet the requirements of this Law, the Central Electoral Committee may not turn down said candidacies. If candidates have not been nominated, the Central Electoral Committee may determine a smaller number of members of the municipal electoral committee or may, instead of them, additionally appoint as members of the committee the persons nominated by the Minister of Justice, the Lithuanian Lawyers' Society or the director of the municipal administration.
5. In all cases, no less than 3 committee members must be persons who have been appointed to municipal electoral committees from among the candidates nominated by the Minister of Justice, the Lithuanian Lawyers' Society or the director of the municipal administration. If the number of such persons is less, additional members to the committee shall be appointed from among the candidates nominated by the Minister of Justice, the Lithuanian Lawyers' Society or the director of the municipal council.
6. If elections to the European Parliament or elections to the Seimas, or elections of the President of the Republic, or elections to a municipal council, or a referendum are concurrently held on the same day, the same polling district committees or referendum committees shall be formed. The Central Electoral Committee shall decide which committee will be formed in a separate electoral, referendum territory (in a municipality or a electoral constituency), and shall form a single - municipal, constituency or referendum – committee, and shall define its functions in organising and conducting other elections or a referendum.
7. The Central Electoral Committee shall appoint the chairman of the municipal electoral committee.
8. During its first meeting, the municipal electoral committee shall elect the deputy chairman and the secretary of the committee.