§ Article 27(untitled)

rocedure of Formation and the Powers of Precinct Commissions

 1. Precinct commissions shall be formed during in the period of election campaign, a
referendum campaign at the time established by the law in order to ensure the process of
voting by voters, referendum participants, and counting of votes cast by voters, referendum
participants. In elections to bodies of local self-government, conducting of local referendum
powers of precinct commission may be delegated to other commission acting within the
boundaries of election precinct, referendum precinct.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 2. Term of powers of precinct commission shall expire in ten days after the day of official
publication of the results of elections, a referendum, unless superior commission received
complaints (appeals) related to action (inaction) of this commission as the result of which the
procedure of votes counting was violated, or if a court proceeding is conducted in relation to
these facts. If voting results or election results are appealed in the territory of corresponding
election precinct, referendum precinct, powers of precinct commission are terminated from the
day the superior commission takes decision on the court decision with regards to complaint
(appeal) comes into legal force.
(Clause 2 as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 3. The number of voting members of precinct commissions is established by the law.

 4. Precinct commission shall be formed by superior commission on the basis of
proposals referred to in Clause 2, Article 22 of this Federal Law and proposals made by the
representative body of municipal formation, meetings of voters at places of their residence,
work, service, study. The law may prescribe formation of precinct commission at election
precinct, referendum precinct established on the ship at sea or at the polar station, as well as
outside the territory of the Russian Federation by corresponding officials.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 5. Superior commission shall appoint at least one half of the total number of members of
precinct commission on the basis of proposals made by:
 a) political parties that nominated federal lists of candidates admitted to distribution of
deputy seats in the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, and
political parties that nominated federal lists of candidates that received deputy seats in
accordance with Article 821 of the Federal List “On Election of Deputies of the State Duma of
the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation”;
(as amended by the Federal Law of May 12, 2009, No.94-FZ)
 b) political parties that nominated lists of candidates admitted to distribution of deputy
seats in the legislative (representative) body of state power of the subject of the Russian
Federation, and political parties that nominated lists of candidates that received deputy seats in
accordance with the law of the subject of the Russian Federation stipulated by Clause 17,
Article 35 of this Federal Law.
(as amended by the Federal Law of April 22, 2010, No.63-FZ)
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 c) election associations that nominated lists of candidates admitted to distribution of
deputy seats in the representative body of municipal formation.
(Clause 5 as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)
6. Precinct commission shall:
 а) inform population on the address and telephone number of precinct commission, its
working hours, and on the day, time, and place of voting;
 b) update the list of voters, referendum participants, organize familiarization of voters,
referendum participants with this list, consider appeals related to errors and inaccuracies in this
list and take decision to introduce corresponding changes to this list;
 c) prepare the voting premises, ballot boxes, and other equipment;
 d) inform voters on registered candidates, election associations that registered their lists
of candidates, inform referendum participants on the questions of the referendum on the basis
of the information received from superior commission;
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)
 e) exercise control in the territory of election precinct, referendum precinct over the
observance of the procedure of conduct of election campaign, referendum questions campaign;
 f) issue absentee certificates;
 g) organize voting on the voting day and early voting at election precinct, referendum
precinct;
 h) count votes, establish voting results for election precinct, referendum precinct,
prepare protocol on voting results and submit it to territorial commission;
 i) announce voting results for election precinct, referendum precinct, and issue certified
copies of the protocol of voting results to persons observing the voting process;
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)
 j) consider within the scope of its competence complaints (appeals) related to violation
of this Federal Law, other laws, and take reasoned decisions related to such complaints
(appeals);
 k) ceased to be in force. – The Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ;
 l) ensure the safe storage and delivery to superior commission of documents related to
preparation and conduct of elections, a referendum;
 m) exercise other powers in accordance with the law.