Ordinance on National Council Elections - Cantonal Election Office 1. State Chancellery

1. The Office of Cantonal Affairs is the cantonal electoral office within the meaning of Article 7a of the Federal Council's Ordinance on Political Rights.

1. The State Chancellery is responsible for conducting and supervising the National Council elections.

2. It issues the necessary publications in the Cantonal Gazette and to the Federal Chancellery, accepts election proposals and processes them in accordance with Article 21 et seq. of the Federal Act on Political Rights, instructs the municipalities, provides all election materials to the municipalities, organizes the reporting of election results and the delivery of election records by the municipalities on election Sunday, controls the municipal election results, and compiles the cantonal election result.

3. The State Chancellery prepares an election manual for the municipalities with the most important sample examples.

1. For the fulfillment of these tasks, the personnel of the State Chancellery is primarily at the disposal of the Chancellery Director.

2. He is authorized to enlist auxiliary personnel from the administrative departments for control work and the compilation of the cantonal election results. For the delivery of the election documents of the municipalities on election Sunday, he may utilize the services of the cantonal police.

3. The government shall regulate the compensation or compensation for overtime associated with the National Council elections for the personnel of the State Chancellery and the auxiliary personnel.

1. Each municipal council shall appoint, in a timely manner before each National Council election, an electoral office whose number of members corresponds to the size of the municipality and ensures accurate and swift counting or monitoring work.

1. The municipal council or the municipal election office appoints a president, a vice-president, and a secretary.

2. These form the executive board of the election office, which directs the counting and control work, makes the necessary decisions, and is responsible for the timely communication of the municipal election results and for the proper delivery of the municipal records.

3. The president and secretary sign the forms and records.

1. The municipal executive committee or the municipal council may constitute itself as an electoral office. Article 5 applies accordingly.

1. Election proposals are to be submitted to the Office of Civil Affairs no earlier than the 153rd day (the twenty-second to last Monday) and no later than the 76th day (the eleventh to last Monday) before the election day.

2. Election proposals can no longer be amended after the 69th day (the tenth to last Monday) before the election day.

3. Declarations regarding list and sub-list alliances must be submitted in writing to the Office of Civil Affairs by no later than the 69th day (the tenth to last Monday) before the election day.

1. The State Chancellery examines the electoral proposals in accordance with Article 21 ff. of the Federal Act on Political Rights for the government.

2. It publishes the definitive lists with their designations and Arabic serial numbers, as well as any references to list or sublist connections, in the official cantonal gazette as soon as possible.

3. The sequence of the list serial numbers is determined by the order of receipt of the electoral proposals.

4. For electoral proposals received on the same day, the drawing of lots decides the serial number. The responsibility for the drawing of lots lies with the State Chancellery. The representatives of the electoral proposals may attend the drawing of lots.

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1. Only the official ballots issued by the Office of Civil Affairs in the form of list ballots for all lists and ballots without preprinted forms are considered valid ballots. Unofficial ballots are invalid.

2. Article 10 of the Government Regulation on Political Rights in the Canton of Graubünden (VPR) applies correspondingly to the stamping of ballots.

1. The State Chancellery shall provide the municipalities with the ballot papers in sufficient quantity no later than six weeks before the election day.

2. The municipal council shall distribute to each eligible voter one list ballot and one ballot paper without a template no earlier than four and no later than three weeks before the election day.

3. The non-receipt of ballot papers constitutes grounds for complaint only if official ballot papers were requested in a timely manner, i.e., before the closing of the ballot box, without success.

4. On election days, official ballot papers must be kept available in polling stations in adequate quantities.

1. Ballots without a printed template must be filled out by hand. Deletions, modifications, or additions to the printed official ballot papers are permissible but must be made only by hand.

2. Any alterations, deletions, or additions made using typewriting, stamps, or similar methods render the ballot void.

3. Ballots that contain the voter's signature or any other identifying marks on the front or back with the intent to compromise the secrecy of the vote are also invalid.

1. Voting is confidential. Representation is not permitted.

2. With regard to the voting certificate, the location, time, and supervision of voting, as well as postal voting, early voting, voting by invalids, and voting by servicemen, civil defense duty personnel, and Swiss citizens abroad, the relevant federal, cantonal, and municipal regulations apply.

1. For determining the municipal results, Articles 35-38 of the Federal Law on Political Rights as well as the instructions from the Federal Chancellery and the Cantonal Chancellery are authoritative.

1. Invalid deletions or alterations made during the counting and verification process must be submitted to the election office's board for examination. They must be marked on the ballot paper in red ink and accompanied by the letters E.O. (Election Office) and the name of the responsible teller.

1. The election results must be reported to the civil registry office according to specific instructions on the election day by no later than 7:00 PM.

1. After the completion of the counting and verification of the votes, and once the results have been reported to the Office of Civil Affairs, the completed and signed computer printouts of the forms (1-3), together with the signed protocol (computer printout of Form 4) and the ballots, must be submitted to the Office of Civil Affairs in accordance with its specific instructions or made ready for pick-up service.

2. The ballots are to be accurately sorted, annotated, sealed, and appropriately packaged in accordance with the Office of Civil Affairs' guidelines.

1. The determination and compilation of the cantonal election results by the State Chancellery are governed by Articles 34-43 of the Federal Act on Political Rights as well as Articles 9-13 of the Ordinance of the Federal Council on Political Rights.

1. Any potential drawing of lots as referred to in Articles 41 and 43 of the Federal Act on Political Rights is conducted during a government meeting by the President of the Government.

1. The publication of the cantonal election results and the transmission of the election records to the Federal Council by the Cantonal Chancellery are governed by Article 52 of the Federal Act on Political Rights as well as by Articles 13 and 14 of the Federal Council Ordinance on Political Rights.

2. The publication in the Cantonal Official Gazette must include information on the possibility of filing a complaint in accordance with Article 77 of the Federal Act on Political Rights.

1. This regulation shall enter into force on January 1, 1979. At the same time, the regulation of the government dated September 12, 1919, shall be repealed.