Vietnam: Election Team is responsible for informing electors of the polling day within 10 days before the polling day

According to Article 25 of the Law on election of deputies to the National Assembly and People’s Councils 2015 of Vietnam, tasks and powers of each Election Team are as follows:

- Take charge of election in the polling station;

- Arrange polling booths and prepare ballot-boxes;

- Receive documents and ballot paper from the Election Board; distribute electors’ cards and ballot papers stamped by the Election Team to electors;

- Regularly inform electors of the polling day, polling booths and time for casting the ballots within 10 days before the polling day;

- Ensure the implementation of regulations of law on election and internal regulations on polling booths;

- Settle complaints and denunciations of activities carried out by the Election Team as prescribed in this Article; receive and send complaints and denunciations of National Assembly candidates or People’s Council deputies and complaints and denunciations beyond the competence of the Election Team to the Election Commission at the same administrative level;

- Counting and make reports on election returns, then send them to the Election Board at the same administrative level;

- Transfer the reports on election returns and all ballot papers to the People’s Committee of commune upon the completion of the counting;

- Send reports on organization of election as prescribed by superior organizations in charge of election;

- Hold by-election in the polling station (if any).

View more details at the Law on election of deputies to the National Assembly and People’s Councils 2015 of Vietnam, effective from September 01, 2015.

Ty Na

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