§ Article 16The Rights of the Member of the Central Electoral Commission

1. The member of the Central Electoral Commission shall have the right:
1) to participate in meetings of the Central Electoral Commission, to express his own opinion in them, to participate in discussions, to vote, to draw up drafts of decisions and other documents of the Central Electoral Commission;
2) to participate in all events of the Central Electoral Commission (meetings, briefings, conferences, seminars, etc.) and to view his own opinion in them;
3) together with other members of the Central Electoral Commission to request to convene a meeting of the Central Electoral Commission;
4) to participate in meetings, conferences and sittings of the Seimas Committees and Commissions, the Government, other state and municipal institutions, electoral and referendum committees when drafts of the amendment of election laws and the Law on Referendum, issues pertaining to organisation and conducting of elections or referendums, as well as other issues assigned to the competence of the Central Electoral Commission are being considered, to submit proposals regarding the solution of these issues in a prescribed manner;
5) to check the compliance with the requirements of election laws, the Law on Referendum and other laws and legal acts regulating the organisation and conducting of elections and referendums;
6) to enter all premises in which preparation for elections or referendums is carried out, as well as in which voting or vote calculation is carried out;
7) in the cases prescribed by law, to draft records of administrative violations of law.
2. The Chairperson of the Central Electoral Commission and its members shall be prohibited from any election or referendum campaigning, or other attempts to influence voters’ will.