16.2.5. manage the budget funds allocated by the general election committee according to their intended purpose, distribute them to the relevant election committees in accordance with appropriate procedures, and supervise their spending; 16.2.6. to organize and monitor the delivery and storage of ballot papers and election equipment; 16.2.7. process petitions and complaints about the decisions of the relevant election committees within the scope of their authority, provide written answers, and annul the decisions of lower-level election committees that do not comply with the law; 16.2.8. to combine and submit voting results and related documents in accordance with the procedures approved by the General Election Committee; 16.2.9. organize re-voting and additional voting in accordance with the law; 16.2.10. to fulfill the duties given by the higher-level election commission within the scope of its powers stipulated by the law in connection with the organization of elections; 16.2.11. other rights stipulated by law. Article 17. Rights of district and district election committees 17.1. Province and capital election commissions shall establish sum and district election committees at least 60 days before the voting day, taking into account the proposals submitted by the representative assembly of the citizens of that sum and district, with a chairman, secretary and three or five members, within the territory under their jurisdiction. public information. /This section was amended by the law of April 22, 2022./ 17.2. In addition to the clauses 16.2.1, 16.2.2, 16.2.4, and 16.2.9 of this law, the county and district election commissions shall exercise the following powers within their territory: 17.2.1. to provide organizational and methodological integrated management of the activities of the sub-district committee; 17.2.2. manage the budget funds allocated by the provincial and metropolitan election committees according to their intended purpose, make the expenses necessary to ensure the normal operation of the sub-district committee under jurisdiction, and supervise the expenditure; 17.2.3. process the petitions and complaints submitted in matters within his jurisdiction and provide written answers; 17.2.4. Summarize the results of the voting submitted by the sub-district committees and deliver them to the election committee of the province and capital; 17.2.5. to fulfill the duties assigned by the higher-level election committee in accordance with the law; 17.2.6. issue election documents in accordance with the procedure approved by the General Election Committee and hand them over to the election committee of the province and capital; 17.2.7. to organize and supervise the delivery and storage of ballot papers and election equipment; 17.2.8. other rights stipulated by law. Article 18. Functions of the Sectional Committee 18.1. The sub-district election committee shall establish a precinct committee consisting of a chairman and six or eight members at least 45 days before the date of voting, and inform the public in the area under jurisdiction. 18.2. The section committee shall carry out the following functions: 18.2.1. to inform the electorate of the address of the sub-committee, working hours, date and time of polling; 18.2.2. prepare polling booths, portable sealed ballot boxes, voter registers and other items necessary for voting, such as voter registration, counting, tallying, and transmission devices (hereinafter referred to as "voting counting devices"), and organize voter polling; 18.2.3. presentation and immediate transmission of voting results; 18.2.4. issue election documents in accordance with the procedure approved by the General Election Committee and hand them over to the district and district election committees; 18.2.5. to fulfill the duties assigned by the higher-level election committee in accordance with the law; 18.2.6. other functions prescribed by law. 18.3. The head of the sub-committee manages and organizes work related to the functions of the sub-committee and bears legal responsibility. 18.4. The divisional committee will not process complaints related to vote counting and results. Article 19. Work organization of election committees 19.1. The election committees shall discuss the issues related to the rights stipulated in this law at their meetings and decide them by the majority vote of the members present at the meeting and issue a resolution. 19.2. If at least two-thirds of the members of the election committee participate in the meeting, the meeting of the election committee shall be considered valid. 19.3. The chairman, secretary, or member of the election committee shall not participate in the activities of the election committee without a valid reason, shall not attend the meeting, interrupt, leave the meeting, or refuse to sign the minutes of the meeting. 19.4. In the event that the chairman, secretary or member of the election committee leaves the meeting without valid reason, it will be considered that he/she participated in the meeting and made a rejected proposal on the issue. 19.5 The resolution of the election committee shall be signed by the head and secretary of the election committee. 19.6. Failure to sign the resolution by either the chairman or the secretary of the election committee is not a reason to consider the resolution invalid or invalid. 19.7. Electoral committees will work during working hours on days other than the day of polling, and may work on non-working days and overtime if necessary.