Transitional provisions 1. Legal acts adopted by the CEC before the effective date of this Law shall remain in legal force after the enactment of this Law. 2. The CEC shall ensure the harmonization of its legal acts with this Law within two months after the enactment of this Law. 3. The CEC shall ensure the implementation of this Law within six months after it is enacted. Article 1851 - Suffrage during the transition period 1. Any person who is born and permanently lives for the most recent 5 years in Georgia, and by the time of enforcement of Article 1044 of the Constitution of Georgia, possesses citizenship of any member state of the European Union together with the citizenship of Georgia and from the relevant age, shall have the right to participate in Presidential and Parliamentary elections and to have the right of suffrage until 1 January 2014. 2. The rights and obligations of citizens of Georgia referred to in this Law and in the Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens shall apply fully to an individual determined in the first paragraph of this article. 3. An individual under this Law shall use a passport of a member state of the European Union instead of a passport and a personal identification card of a citizen Georgia as provided for by this Law. 4. The CEC/relevant DEC shall be authorised to register a person as a voter, who meets the requirements provided for in the first paragraph of this article. This person shall be registered in Georgia according to his/her actual place of residence based on the nomination by an administrative body or based on his/her own application. Organic Law of Georgia No 6571 of 28 June 2012 – website, 28.6.2012 Organic Law of Georgia No 877 of 27 July 2013, website-20.8.2013 Article 1852 - Publicity of the military personnel list for the Presidential Elections in 2013 It is prohibited to give publicity to lists, determined by Articles 31(5)(d) and 32(1)(d) of this Law, of military servicemen of the Ministry for Defense of Georgia who participate in peacekeeping operations of the Armed Forces of Georgia and accompanying persons sent in a civilian personnel status (publication, copy, transmission, as well as photo and video recording in relevant precincts). Organic Law of Georgia No 877 of 27 July 2013, website-20.8.2013 Article 1853 - Right to nominate a presidential candidate of Georgia for the Presidential Elections in 2013 A party that fails to register with the CEC and that wishes to nominate a presidential candidate for the Presidential Elections in 2013, in compliance with the requirements of Article 98 of this Law, shall file an application with the CEC Chairperson after which it will have the right to collect supporting signatures as determined by this Law. This shall allow the party to be registered as an electoral subject and to register its presidential nominee one time only for this election. Organic Law of Georgia No 877 of 27 July 2013, website-20.8.2013 Article 1854 - Suffrage for the election of the President of Georgia on 27 October 2013 1. A voter who has been removed from registration according to his/her place of residence or whose registration has been invalidated under the agency’s decision shall vote for the President of Georgia on 27 October 2013 only in case he/she undergoes registration according to his/her place of residence within the period up to and including 10 October 2013. Such a voter shall be exempted from the payment of service fees for issuing a Georgian Citizen’s electronic identity card and for taking a photo (except for accelerated service fees) established under the Resolution No 508 of 29 December 2011 of the Government of Georgia On the approval of the time frames, amount of service fees, and the method of payment for services rendered by the Public Service Development Agency, a legal entity under public law operating under the governance of the Ministry for Justice of Georgia, and for services rendered by a consular official within the framework of delegated authority, if submission of both requests for the registration according to the place of http://www.matsne.gov.ge 01019002004001016032 residence and for issuance of an ID Card is established in compliance with the legislation of Georgia. A citizen of Georgia shall not be exempted from the payment of service fees for issuing a Georgian Citizen’s electronic identity card if he/she has been removed from the registration according to his/her last place of residence due to loss of his/her citizenship of Georgia, as well as termination of the validity of a residence permit or the expiration of the date for a temporary residence permit. 2. A voter determined by the first paragraph of this article who undergoes registration according to his/her place of residence within the period up to and including 10 October 2013, shall be exempted from liability for an administrative offence provided for by Article 185 of the Administrative Offences Code of Georgia, committed within the stated period. Organic Law of Georgia No 901 of 29 July 2013, website-20.8.2013 Article 1855 - Procedure for the participation in elections of local self-government bodies of voters removed from registration according to the place of residence, or of those whose registration has been declared invalid by decision of the Agency or for those registered without an indication of address 1. To participate in the 2014 elections for local self-government bodies, voters who have been removed from registration according to their place of residence, or whose registration has been declared invalid by decision of the Agency or who have been registered without an indication of address shall appear at the Agency before 28 My 2014 and be registered according to their place of residence or only indicate their place of actual residence and take a digital photo. A voter who is registered according to their place of residence shall be exempted from payment of service fees for issuing a Georgian Citizen’s electronic identity card and for taking a photo (except for expedited service fees) required under Ordinance No 508 of 29 December 2011 of the Government of Georgia on the approval of the service time frames, amount of service fees, and the procedure for the payment for these services rendered by the LEPL Public Service Development Agency within the Ministry for Justice of Georgia, and for services rendered by a consular official within the delegated authority, if the submission of the request for the registration according to their place of residence together with the request for the issuance of an ID Card is required under the legislation of Georgia. A voter who only indicates his/her place of actual residence but does not get registered according to their place of residence, shall be exempted from payment of service fees for taking a photo and no identity card shall be issued to such voter. A voter shall not be exempted from service fees for issuing a Georgian Citizen’s electronic identity card if he/she has been removed from the registration according to his/her last place of residence due to his/her loss or renunciation of Georgian citizenship, termination of a residence permit or the expiration of a temporary residence permit. 2. The voter referred to in the first paragraph of this article who gets registered by 27 May 2014 (inclusive) according to the place of residence or indicates the place of his/her actual place of residence shall be released from liability provided for by Article 185 of the Administrative Offences Code of Georgia for the administrative offence provided for in that article. Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 - website, 14.3.2014 Article 1856 – Implementing certain measures for the 2014 elections for local self-government bodies For the 2014 elections for local self-government bodies: a) the CEC shall ensure the setting up of electoral districts and establishment of their boundaries and publication of relevant information on its website, before 6 April 2014; b) the CEC shall ensure the establishment of the boundaries of local single-seat majoritarian electoral districts of Tbilisi and other self-governing cities and publication of the relevant information on its website before 6 April 2014; c) the DECs shall ensure, before 6 April 2014, the setting up of local majoritarian electoral districts taking into account the local single-seat majoritarian electoral districts set up by electoral commissions for the 2010 elections of local self-government bodies and the territorial changes made in self- governing units in 2014; d) electoral precincts shall be created not later than 6 April 2014. Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 - website, 14.3.2014 Article 1857 – Setting certain new time frames for the 2014 elections of local self-government bodies 1. During the 2014 elections of local self-government bodies, if the decision of the lower election commission/head of the lower election commission is appealed to the CEC, the CEC shall review the application/complaint as provided for by this Law within two calendar days after receiving the application/complaint and shall draw up a summary protocol of final results of the election not later than the 24th day after polling day. 2. Instead of the time frames defined in Article 116(3)(7) of this Law, the following time frames shall be set for the 2014 elections of local self- government bodies: a) to nominate a Sakrebulo candidate, an initiative group of voters shall apply to the respective DEC not later than the 47th day before Election Day; b) to register a Sakrebulo candidate, a representative of an initiative group of voters shall submit to the respective DEC the list of the voters who support the candidate, not later than the 40th day before Election Day. Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 - website, 14.3.2014 Organic Law of Georgia No 2289 of 17 April 2014 - website, 17.4.2014 http://www.matsne.gov.ge 01019002004001016032 Article 1858 – Registering for the 2014 regular elections of local self-government bodies a party that does not have a representative elected on its nomination or on the nomination of an electoral bloc (in which the party was united) to the Parliament of Georgia or a party that was not registered in the last parliamentary elections or that is not a qualified electoral subject 1. To obtain the right to participate in the 2014 regular elections for local self-government bodies, a party that does not have a representative elected on its nomination or on the nomination of an electoral bloc (in which the party was united) to the Parliament of Georgia or a party that was not registered in the last parliamentary elections or that is not a qualified electoral subject shall apply to the CEC not later than the 57th day before Election Day. Upon receipt of the application, the CEC shall give such party a sample form of party supporters list to collect supporters’ signatures. 2. The party referred to in the first paragraph of this article shall present to the CEC, not later than the 50th day before Election Day, the list of voters supporting the party’s participation in the elections for local self-government bodies. 3. Other matters related to the registration of a party shall be determined under Article 142 of this Law. Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 - website, 14.3.2014 Article 1859 – Distributing free pre-election advertising time allocated by local broadcasters to electoral subjects during the 2014 regular elections for local self-government bodies 1. During the 2014 regular elections for local self-government bodies, the free pre-election advertising time specified in Article 51(61)(c) of this Law shall be apportioned among the subjects provided for in that article and among the parties financed from the State Budget of Georgia in 2013 under Article 56(1) of this Law and/or Article 39(11) of the Organic Law of Georgia on Political Associations of Citizens. 2. If the electoral subject defined in the first paragraph of this article acquires the right to obtain free pre-election advertising time on more than one basis specified by this Law, it shall be granted such time on one basis only. Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 - website, 14.3.2014 Article 18510 – Funding representatives of electoral subjects during the 2014 regular elections for local self-government bodies During the 2014 regular elections for local self-government bodies, an electoral bloc which does not include any qualified party but the total number of votes received by the parties united in the electoral bloc in the last parliamentary elections or in the last general elections for local self-government bodies conducted under the proportional system is 2% or more of the votes cast, shall receive GEL 100 for each electoral precinct and GEL 150 for each electoral district to provide representatives to DECs and PECs on Election Day. Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 - website, 14.3.2014 Article 18511 – Suffrage for legally incompetent persons Persons who were declared legally incompetent by the court before 1 April 2015 and who have been placed in an inpatient facility shall have no right to participate in elections, referenda and plebiscites. Organic Law of Georgia No 3402 of 20 March 2015 - website, 31.3.2015
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