To ensure professional development of the members of Precinct Election Commissions (PECs) for the second round of the Parliamentary Elections of Georgia scheduled for November 21, 2020, the Training Center in cooperation with the Election Administration provided relevant informational instruction to PEC members during November 16-19.

To enhance the procedural knowledge of PEC members and facilitate the development of practical skills, the training was delivered in two stages. First stage was focused on the provision of guidance to PEC members (9 members from each PEC, except for PEC leadership), while Second stage was focused on practical training for PEC leadership (chairperson, deputy chairperson, secretary).

As part of the informational-educational program developed by the Training Center, PEC members, in accordance with their purview, were briefed on the key topics:

• functions of the PEC members on the polling day;
• the rule of voting by voters (including the principle of free expression of will and the secrecy of vote);
• voters’ personal data protection;
• closing election precincts, functions of the PEC members in the process of sorting/counting/sealing ballot papers;
• drawing up the summary protocols of polling results and its publicity;
• legislative response mechanisms to the applications/complaints on the voting day;
• proceedings of polling day records book;
• sanitary and hygienic requirements for entering/exiting polling stations and while in/moving around a building, to prevent spreading of the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection (COVID-19).

The instruction to PEC members was provided by trainers trained by the Training Center. As part of this program, 1,923 PEC members operating in 17 majoritarian districts underwent practical training, including 9 precinct election commissions set up in exceptional case/in penitentiary institutions (Follow the Link (available in Georgian) for detailed statistic of attendance).