The day of the European elections has arrived, 9,796,330 voters who’re registered within the electoral rolls are going to the polls right now to elect the 21 Greek MEPs who will symbolize our nation within the European Parliament.
The polls will shut at 19.00, whereas the primary outcomes will probably be introduced by the Ministry of the Inside at 21.00. At 23:00 the primary details regarding the campaign is predicted.
In Greece, the train of the appropriate to vote is obligatory for all these registered within the particular electoral rolls. Nonetheless, for individuals who don’t train their proper to vote, the legislation imposes a jail sentence of 1 month to at least one 12 months. However what occurs if a member of the electoral committee doesn’t go to the polling station?
What applies in case you are a member of an voters
Within the occasion {that a} member of the electoral committee is absent or declares an impediment or the explanation for his absence is different, then he’s changed by the alternate members. If alternative is not possible, elections are held by the members current and even solely by the chairman of the electoral committee, consultant of the judicial authority. Nonetheless, to ensure that somebody to not face the results set by the legislation in case of non-attendance, they need to current:
- Paper from a public hospital, in case of sickness
- Certification from his employer that he was employed on election day
- A legitimate doc proving the explanation for his incapacity to current.
What does the legislation present for the absence of the members of the election committee
The supply of par. 3 of article 118 of Presidential Decree 96/2007 (now the corresponding PD 26/2012), entitled “Particular Electoral Offenses of Public Our bodies”, states, amongst different issues, that: “members of electoral committees who neglect or present reluctance within the well timed success of the duties imposed on them by the provisions hereof… they shall be punished by imprisonment of not less than three months to 2 years and by deprivation of the workplaces and positions offered for in article 63 of the Felony Code, from six months to 2 years”.
There are additionally instances the place voters have been appointed members of electoral committees and weren’t knowledgeable in time, on account of which they discover out following they go to vote because the judicial representatives have famous their names within the electoral rolls. If somebody refuses to remain till the voting and counting is full, the police will probably be known as. In every electoral division, an electoral committee is appointed, consisting of the judicial consultant as chairman and 4 members who’re changed by an equal variety of substitutes.
How the members of the electoral committee are chosen
The members of the electoral committees and their deputies are drawn, inside fifteen (15) days from the beginning of the pre-election interval, by the related Courtroom of First Occasion. The lottery contains these registered within the electoral rolls of the related electoral district who seem in these rolls as residents of the realm.
Public and municipal or group staff or salaried staff of municipal or group authorized entities and establishments and people who served in these capacities within the final three years earlier than the election, can’t be drawn or appointed as members of electoral committees and if they’re drawn or appointed, they can’t obtain half within the formation of the committees. The restriction additionally applies to demobilized officers, members of the safety forces, in addition to to those that served as mayors and presidents of communities over the last three years.
What compensation is offered for election committee members
By provision of Regulation 5083/2024, fee of compensation to members of the electoral committee and exemption from tax, levy or withholding in favor of third events is foreseen
The related provision is as follows: “Regulation 5083/2024 – Official Gazette Subject B 12/26.01.2024. Election of MEPs, facilitation of voters via postal voting, clearing of electoral rolls and different provisions of the Ministry of the Inside
Article 34
Cost of compensation to the members of the electoral committee and exemption from tax, contribution or withholding in favor of third events – Modification of par. 8 of article 58 of the 26/2012
Within the second paragraph of par. 8 of article 58 of the p.d. 26/2012 (A’ 57), on the appointment of tax commissions, the phrase “is exempted from the duty to pay any kind of tax, contribution or withholding in favor of third events” is added and paragraph 8 is formulated as follows:
8. By joint determination of the Ministers of Nationwide Economic system and Finance and Inside, a day by day allowance might also be decided for the members of the electoral commissions. The compensation of this text is exempt from the duty to pay any kind of tax, levy or withholding in favor of third events, is non-seizable, shouldn’t be topic to any kind of withholding and isn’t offset towards the beneficiaries’ money owed to the Greek State or the insurance coverage funds for any cause.”
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