On the formation and functioning of the municipal election commission
The article deals with problems of the legal status, formation and functioning of the election commission of the municipality. The author analyses the provisions of the Federal Law "On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights," this law determines the status of the election commission of the municipality. The author notes the following problems of the legal status of the municipal commission. First, the representative body of the municipal formation forms the municipal election commission. Secondly, the representative body of the municipality must appoint half of the total number of members of the municipal election commission on the basis of proposals of election commission of the subject of the Russian Federation. Thirdly, the municipal election commission is not legal entity, in this connection, the municipal authority is more dependent on the election commission of the subject of the Russian Federation. Fourth, the order of work of members of the municipal election commission is uncertain. Fifthly, the scope of the federal procurement law is not correct. Proposals to improve the electoral legislation are formulated in the research.