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Pursuant to Article 6 of the Law on the elections of representatives, The Republic Electoral Commission, together with the electoral boards, is a body which will conduct the elections for the Members of Parliament of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia.
Pursuant to Article 7 of the Law on election of the President of the Republic, The Republic Electoral Commission is responsible for conducting the elections for the President of the Republic. Namely, the previously mentioned Article lays out that the elections for the President of the Republic shall be carried out by the bodies which conduct the elections for Members of Parliament.
Pursuant to Article 60 of the Law on National Councils of National Minorities, The Republic Electoral Commission is responsible for conducting the direct elections for the members of the National Councils of National Minorities.
Pursuant to Article 106 of the Law on National Councils of National Minorities, The Republic Electoral Commission is responsible for for appointment of the board members who will conduct elections for the members of the National Councils of the National Minorities at electoral assemblies.
Although not explicitly specified by the Law on Referendum and People’s Initiative, The Republic Electoral Commission may also be given the responsibility to conduct the Republic Referendum. Namely, by virtue of the Article 13 of the said law, it is laid out that the responsible bodies for conducting referendum are the commission and the electoral boards, provided that the referendum commission shall be formed by the body announcing the referendum, and the commission shall then form the electoral boards. Thereby, by the Decision calling a Republic Referendum to endorse the new Constitution of the Republic of Serbia of September 30, 2006, the National Assembly prescribed that the Republic Electoral Commission would be in charge of the administration of that Referendum.