§ Article 25Procedure for appointing/electing PEC members and head officers

Procedure for appointing/electing PEC members and head officers

1. If there is a vacancy for a PEC chairperson, deputy chairperson, or secretary, the PEC shall elect the PEC chairperson, deputy chairperson, and
secretary at the first session from among the commission members, for the term of membership, by a majority vote of the total number of members, by a
roll-call vote. Not less than 2 members shall have the right to nominate a candidate. At the same time, PEC head officers may not be the representatives
of the same electoral subject.

2. If a PEC fails to elect its chairperson, deputy chairperson, or secretary within the established time frame, the commission member who receives the
most votes during elections shall perform the duties of the chairperson, deputy chairperson, and secretary until he/she is elected; and in the case of equal
votes, the person determined by casting lots shall perform the duties of the chairperson, deputy chairperson, and secretary.

3. The same candidate may be nominated only twice.

4. A DEC shall elect 6 PEC members not earlier than the 50th day and not later than the 46th day before Election Day, except for the extraordinary
elections for the President of Georgia. In this case, the DEC shall elect 6 PEC members not earlier than the 38th day and not later than the 36th day
before Election Day. Members of the PEC set up in exceptional cases shall be elected not earlier than the 10th day and not later than the 9th day before
Election Day.

5. The CEC shall elect 6 members of the PEC set up abroad not earlier than the 24th day and not later than the 20th day before Election Day.

6. The decision of the party authorised under Article 24(4) of this Law regarding the appointment of a PEC member shall be submitted to the respective
DEC not earlier than the 50th day and not later than the 46th day before Election Day, except for the extraordinary presidential elections. In this case,
the decision of an authorised party regarding the appointment of a PEC member shall be submitted to the respective DEC not earlier than the 14th day
and not later than the 9th day before Election Day; and for a commission operating outside the country, the same decision shall be submitted to the CEC
after setting up the PEC, not later than the 20th day before Election Day.

7. The respective DEC shall publish the list of PEC members on the official CEC website not later than the 29th day before Election Day, and the list of
members of an election commission set up in exceptional cases - not later than the 5th day before Election Day; the CEC shall publish the list of
members of a commission set up abroad not later than the 10 th day before Election Day.

8. If on the 30th day, and for the commissions set up in exceptional cases, on the eighth day, and for the commissions operating abroad, on the 19th day
before Election Day there are less members in the PEC than required, the higher DEC (in the first two cases) and the CEC (in the third case) may elect
commission members within three days from among the competing candidates or by announcing another competition. The CEC shall determine the
procedure, conditions, and terms of the competition for PEC membership candidates by its decree.
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9. The decision of an authorised party about withdrawal of a PEC member or appointment of his/her legal successor shall be submitted to the respective
PEC and the higher DEC, and for the commissions operating abroad, the decision shall be submitted to the CEC.

10. If a party authorised to appoint the legal successor of a commission member fails to exercise this right after the term of office of the commission
member terminates early, or if the term of office of a commission member elected by a DEC or the CEC terminates early and because of this there are
fewer members in the commission than required, the DEC or the CEC may appoint a new candidate within five days after the deadline for nominating
new candidates expire.

11. The CEC and DEC shall elect PEC members by roll-call vote. Each candidate shall be voted on separately. A person who is supported by a majority
vote of the total number of the commission members shall be deemed elected. If the number of elected candidates exceeds the number of available
vacancies, candidates with the most votes shall be elected. If the winner cannot be determined due to the equal number of votes received by some
candidates, the candidates shall be put to a vote immediately to determine the winner. If a winner is still not determined, he/she shall be determined by
casting lots. If all the vacancies are not filled after polling, the CEC shall make an appropriate decision.

12. A decision about the election/appointment of a PEC member shall indicate the first name and last name of the elected/appointed member, also the
number of the PEC to which the candidate has been elected/appointed. A party decision on the appointment of a PEC member shall indicate the contact
address and telephone number of the appointed commission member. A copy of the Georgian citizen’s identity card of the appointed commission
member shall be attached to the decision.

13. A candidate shall not be deemed a member of the commission if the deadlines for submission of respective documents defined in this article are not
met and/or the documents submitted are incomplete or inaccurate, and if the deficiency in documents is not corrected within the time frame referred to
in this paragraph. If the submitted documents do not meet the requirement defined by this article, the CEC or DEC chairperson shall, within two days,
inform (specifying the discrepancy) the person who elected/appointed the commission member. Corrected documents shall be re-submitted to the
respective DEC or the CEC within three days.

14. The term of office of a PEC member shall commence at the first session of the PEC and shall terminate upon drawing up of the summary protocol of
polling results in the respective DEC.

15. (Deleted – 25.7.2013, No 864)

16. (Deleted – 25.7.2013, No 864)

17. (Deleted – 25.7.2013, No 864)

18. (Deleted – 25.7.2013, No 864)

19. (Deleted – 25.7.2013, No 864)

20. The term of office of a PEC member shall terminate upon election of his/her substitute commission member.

21. The first session of a newly set up PEC shall be held not later than the 30th day before the general election day. In exceptional cases and in electoral
precincts set up abroad, the first PEC session shall be held not later than the third day after the commission is set up. The relevant DEC chairperson shall
call the first PEC session. An exception is the PEC set up abroad, the first session of which shall be called by the CEC Chairperson.

Organic Law of Georgia No 6571 of 28 June 2012 – website, 28.6.2012

Organic Law of Georgia No 864 of 25 July 2013 – website, 19.8.2013

Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014