§ Article 20Powers of Central Electoral Committee in Organising and Conducting Referendum

1. The Central Electoral Committee shall:
1) register the group;
2) issue citizen signature collection blanks to the group;
3) verify and determine, whether 300 thousand citizens’ signatures have
been properly collected;
4) form city and regional referendum committees;
5) determine the stamp samples and forms, samples of completing the
referendum ballot and other documents used in the referendum, and also the procedure of stamping the ballots;
6) manage the State funds allotted for the referendum;
7) oversee, how this Law is being implemented;
8) register according to the presentation of the groups and parties, their
representatives and observers at the Central Electoral Committee and issue certificates to them;
8) according to the group’s, parties’ recommendation, register the representatives at the Central Electoral Committee and issue certificates to them;
9) examine the disputes and adopt resolutions on city and regional referendum committee and polling referendum committee decisions;
10) determine and publish the final results of the referendum;
11) exercise the other powers set forth in this Law.
2. Should the elections of the Seimas, Republic President or municipal council and the referendum be taking place on the same day, the same polling and referendum committees will be formed. The Central Electoral Committee shall form in a separate election, referendum territory one city, and regional and constituency election or referendum committee and determine its functions in organizing and conducting the elections or referendum.