§ Article 34(untitled)

ormation of commissions for the elections of the President of the Republic
 of Belarus, deputies, for a referendum, for voting on the recall of a deputy
 Commissions for the elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies, for a
referendum, for voting on the recall of a deputy, formed from representatives of political parties,
other public associations, labor collectives, as well as from representatives of citizens nominated
to the commission by submitting an application, are formed:
 regional, Minsk city commissions for the election of the President of the Republic of Belarus,
regional, Minsk city election commissions, regional, Minsk city referendum commissions - by
the presidiums of regional, Minsk city Councils of Deputies and regional, Minsk city executive
committees consisting of 9–13 commission members; the specified commissions for the
elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus are formed no later than 80 days before
the elections, for the elections of deputies - 75 days before the elections, for the referendum -
30 days before the referendum;
 district election commissions - by the presidiums of regional, Minsk city Councils of
Deputies and regional, Minsk city executive committees consisting of 9-13 commission
members no later than 75 days before the elections;
 district, city commissions for the election of the President of the Republic of Belarus, district,
city (in cities of regional subordination) election commissions, district, city referendum
commissions - by the presidiums of district, city Councils of Deputies and district, city executive
committees, and district in cities commissions for the election of the President of the Republic
of Belarus, by referendum - by the presidiums of city Councils of Deputies and city executive
committees consisting of 9–11 commission members; these commissions are formed no later
than 80 and 75 days before the elections, respectively, and 30 days before the referendum;
 city (in cities of district subordination), township, rural election commissions, city (in cities
of district subordination), township, rural referendum commissions - by city, township, rural
executive committees consisting of 5–9 commission members no later than 75 days before
elections, 30 days before the referendum;
 precinct commissions for the election of the President of the Republic of Belarus, precinct
election commissions, precinct referendum commissions, precinct commissions for voting on
the recall of a deputy - by district, city executive committees, and in cities with district divisions
- by local administrations consisting, as a rule, of 5–19 members of the commission no later
than 30 days before the elections, 20 days before the referendum, 20 days before the day of
voting on the recall of the deputy. When elections of different levels, elections and referendums
are held simultaneously, precinct commissions are common for elections of different levels,
elections and referendums.
 The bodies that form the commission, as a rule, make up at least one third of its composition
from representatives of political parties and other public associations. This provision does not
apply when forming precinct commissions formed in military units, places of temporary stay of
voters, referendum participants (in hospitals, sanatoriums, rest homes and other places of
temporary stay).
 The commission cannot include judges, prosecutors, heads of local executive and
administrative bodies.
 State civil servants cannot make up more than one third of the commission.
 Joint decisions of the presidium of the relevant local Council of Deputies and the executive
committee are adopted by a majority vote of the composition. At least two thirds of the
presidium of the local Council of Deputies and the executive committee must participate in the
joint meeting of these bodies. Representatives of political parties, other public associations,
labor collectives, and citizens who nominated their representatives to the commission have the
right to attend the meeting of the bodies forming the commission.
 The decision on the formation of commissions shall indicate the surname, first name,
patronymic (if any) of each member of the commission, the method of nomination to the
commission, location and telephone numbers of the commission.
 The decision of the bodies that formed the commission can be appealed within three days
from the date of its adoption, respectively, to the regional, Minsk city, district, city court by the
entities that nominated their representatives to the commission. The complaint must be signed
respectively by the head of a political party (organizational structure), another public association
(organizational structure), the head of another organization (structural unit), or citizens who
nominated a representative to the commission by submitting an application. The court
considers the complaint within three days, its decision is final.
 A notice on the formation of commissions is published in the print media within seven days
from the date of adoption of the relevant decision. A message about the formation of city (cities
of regional subordination), township, and rural commissions may be brought to the attention
of citizens in another way within the same period.