Under the planned legislative amendments, the results of voting will no longer be summed up in the electoral districts – the CEC will do this on the basis of the protocols drawn up in the precinct commissions

The results of voting will no longer be summed up in the electoral districts – the summation of election results is being removed from the powers of the district electoral commissions and the CEC will do this on the basis of the protocols drawn up in the precinct commissions.

This is one of the amendments among those that are being introduced into the electoral legislation at the initiative of Georgian Dream MPs.

The provision of the law according to which the district electoral commissions, on the basis of the summary protocols of the voting results of the precinct commissions, summed up the results of the elections held in the district and drew up a summary protocol is being abolished.

Another novelty within the framework of the planned amendments to the electoral legislation is that a number of powers granted to the CEC and the district commissions become the powers of the chairman of the CEC itself and of the chairman of the district commission. It is established that the order on the registration of observer organizations or on the refusal of registration will be issued by the chairman of the commission instead of the CEC / district electoral commission. Also, the order on the appointment of observers for the process of printing electoral ballots and summary protocols will be issued by the chairman of the CEC instead of the Central Election Commission.