Ordinance on the Election of the Grand Council (Grand Council Election Ordinance; GRWV) (Grossratswahlverordnung; GRWV) - Management and Supervision (TIC)

1. The overall management and supervision of the Grand Council elections are the responsibility of the Cantonal Office.

2. It issues, in particular, the instructions necessary for the conduct of the elections to the regions and municipalities.

1. For the return transport of election materials from the municipalities to the registrar's office after the election, the registrar's office may utilize the services of the cantonal police.

1. The regions execute the responsibilities assigned to them in connection with the submission and rectification of electoral nominations for the corresponding electoral districts.

1. The municipalities carry out the tasks assigned to them concerning the delivery of voting materials to eligible voters, the determination and transmission of the municipal election results, as well as the return of the protocol and ballots to the civil registry office.

1. The municipalities and the civil registry office ascertain the election results using the electronic data processing (EDP) program provided to the municipalities free of charge by the canton.

2. The canton provides the parties and groups with an EDP program free of charge for the electronic recording of election proposals. The submission of election proposals must be made in paper form.

3. The civil registry office issues the necessary instructions for the regions, municipalities, and parties or groups.

1. Cantons, regions, and municipalities bear the personnel and material costs incurred by them due to the electoral procedure.

**1. The drawings of lots prescribed by law are the responsibility of the chancery director or, in their absence, the deputy director.**

**2. The non-public drawings of lots are conducted under notarial supervision.**

1. Each electoral proposal must include a designation as well as an abbreviation (up to 12 characters) that can be used by the authorities in official publications.

1. With the nomination paper, an electoral eligibility certificate issued by the municipality of residence (political residence) must be submitted for each candidate.

2. Candidates who, at the time of submission of the nomination paper, are members of the Grand Council are not required to provide an electoral eligibility certificate.

1. Along with the nomination, a voting certificate from the respective residential municipality (political residence) must be submitted for each signatory.

1. Municipalities are required to issue voting eligibility certificates and voting right confirmations free of charge.

1. Candidates or the presiding or managing persons of a party or group may also act as representatives of the election proposal.

2. A person can assume the representation of multiple election proposals.

3. The representation of the election proposals is authorized and obliged to make legally binding declarations on behalf of the signatories to resolve any objections.

1. Election proposals must be submitted to the Regional Committee responsible for the electoral district no later than by the twelfth last Monday before election day, at 12:00 noon.

1. If a person has signed more than one nomination paper, their name will be removed from all affected nomination papers.

1. The competent regional committee shall transmit the finalized lists to the state chancellery electronically and in paper form no later than by the eleventh-to-last Wednesday before election day, by 12:00 noon.

1. The State Chancellery prints the ballots on paper of the same color and size as well as trilingually in the cantonal official languages.

2. The State Chancellery determines the additional layout of the ballots. It may, in particular, provide guidelines regarding the extent of information about the candidates.

3. It provides the municipalities with an alphabetical list of candidates for the respective electoral district.

1. Any deletions or changes made during the counting and checking activities in the municipalities must be submitted to the election office board for review.

2. Deletions or changes are to be executed in red pencil. The abbreviation "EO" (Election Office) must be included to indicate the modification.

1. Election results must be reported to the Civil Registry Office on election day no later than 5:00 PM.

1. After reporting the results, the municipalities shall deliver the ballots and the election records to the Civil Registry Office in accordance with specific instructions or make them available for pick-up service.

1. The Office of the Cantonal Chancellery maintains a publicly accessible register of the deputy members of the Grand Council.

2. The regions promptly report any permanent changes concerning the deputy members of the Grand Council in their electoral districts to the Office of the Cantonal Chancellery.