Media and Election
Electoral
Law Of The State Great Hural Of Mongolia
Article 4 Openness
ND transparency of the Preparatory Work
3.This information
and reports of the central and local mass media shall
be correct and objective.
Article 5 Economic
Guarantee of the Election Activities
8. Parties, coalitions
and independent candidates shall forward to the General
Election Committee the reports on spending of the election
funds within one month after the completion of the election
. The General Election Committee shall examine the reports
and within three months after the completion of the
election shall have published the results in the official
gazette.
Article 6 Legal
Guarantee for Ensuring Electoral Rights
8. In cases where
the provisions described in Para 3, 4, 5 of article
21 of this law have been violated by the organs of mass
media, the court shall impose fines up to 250.000 tug
rugs
Article 21 Pre-Election
Campaign
2. The pre-election
campaign shall be completed 24 hours before the polling
day. It shall be prohibited from this time to the end
of the election to make in any form agitation and propaganda
and seek public opinion in the course of 7 days before
the election.
3. The Mongolian
State radio and Television shall equally treat each
party, coalition, and constituency in terms of free
service, duration and opportunities as conducting agitation
and propaganda by parties, coalitions and independents.
4. If campaigning
through State Radio and Television at hours other than
established by the General Election Committee , parties,
coalitions and independent candidates concerned shall
pay for the service. However, this payment shall not
exceed 50 percent of the average advertising fee.
5. It shall be forbidden
for the State Radio and Television, newspaper and journals
to engage in an exclusive propaganda of one party, coalition
and candidate.
6. It shall be prohibited
top engage in propaganda calling to refuse participation
in the election or for any action that violates the
election law, and to misuse religions belief and traditions
for election propaganda.
Article 30 Grantees
For The Activities Of The Candidates
1.Candidates of the
parties and coalitions and independent candidates shall
have the
right to explain
their election programs freely , express their viewpoints
and publicize their policies through the press and information
media. They also have the right to obtain relevant organs
of the election districts, according to the appropriate
order and procedure.
3.It shall be forbidden
to slander, humiliate and disgrace the dignity and reputation
of the candidates ,and to disclose personal secrets
or open their correspondence.
Article 34 Organization
of Polling
- At 7 a.m of the polling day
the staff of the representatives of electors shall
check
and seal all the
poll boxes and begin polling.
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Observers nominated
by the parties , coalitions and independent candidates
as
well as representatives
of electors and the press and information media may
attend the opening. Article 37 Counting
of Votes
1.Observers and representatives
of the electors and the press and information media
may be present during
the counting of votes
Article 40
3. Agitation and
propaganda shall be prohibited until the completion
of reporting
Law
on Public Elections
October 19, 1995
Article 9. Transparency
of processes of preparation and conducting elections
1. The process of
preparation and conducting to elections shall be transparent.
2. Press and media
institutions under state authorities shall have the
duty to inform the public promptly and accurately on
the process of preparation and conducting elections
and on results of elections.
Article 17.
Promotion about elections
The government shall
be responsible for informing the people and provide
them with information on questions to be asked during
elections.
Parties and public
organisations may conduct promotion and election campaigns
in forms allowed by laws, in accordance with procedures
stated in legislation on elections, using their own
resources.
2. Any promotional
and campaign activities shall commence on the day after
an resolution of the State Ikh Khural on conducting
elections comes into effect and shall terminate 24 hours
before the day of voting.
Article 23. Counting
of votes
1. Votes shall be
counted in an open and transparent manner. Representatives
of citizens and media institution may be present during
vote counting.
MONGOLIAN
PRESSIDENTIAL ELECTION LAW
Article 6 Transparency
of preparation for and the holding of the election
2. State and public
press organs and mass media have obligations to inform
the public without delay of preparation for and result
of the election.
3. Information published
by central and local press organs and local press organs
and other mass media must be true and correct.
Article 7 Economic
warranty of the election campaign.
7. Election expense
fund has to be spent for financing advertisement of
candidates, meeting with voters, organization of meeting
and gathering, correspondence, mail, communication,
transportation and officials and other expenses permitted
by regulation issued by the General election committee
8. . . . . .General
election committee shall verify the account and publish
it in state central press within three months after
the election is completed.
Article 27 Warranty
of the activities of a candidate
- A candidate shall enjoy the
rights to explain his (her) guideline in the press
and through mass media, freely express his( her)
standpoint make propaganda and advertisement and
get necessary information and reference from corresponding
organizations to the appropriate rules.
4. It is prohibited
to misconstrue, bully, discredit a candidate and divulge
the confidentiality of his(her) mail.
Article 28 Advertisement
and propaganda before the election
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The election
campaign has to be stopped prior 24 hours before
the polling day. From that day it is prohibited
to provide the election campaign in any forms and
during a week before the polling day to provide
referendum and publish the result of a referendum.
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Every candidate
must have equal possibility and time for providing
free of charge election campaign in state owned
broadcasting, TV, newspapers and magazines.
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In case of
providing election campaign in state owned broadcasting
and press out of times than established by the general
election committee, must be paid the expenses.
Article 32 Organization
of the polling
- At 07 o’clock on the polling
day members of the election commission of the polling
place including the representatives of voters shall
examine and sent all ballot boxes.
Article 35 Counting
of votes
1. Counting of votes
must be open and transparent. At the counting of votes
may be present observers, representatives of voters,
of press and mass media.
The
Law on Elections of Citizens Representatives’ Khurals
of Aimags, the Capital City, Soums and Districts
Approved on August
27, 1996
Article 23. Promotion,
advertising and meetings prior to elections
1. Parties, coalitions
and nominees shall follow provisions 1, 2, 5 and 6 of
Article 21 of the Law on Elections of the State Ikh
Khural.
2. Free [of charge]
access to local radio and television, as well as time/
duration allocated for promotion and election campaign
shall be equal for all parties, coalitions and independent
nominees.
3. Parties, coalitions
and nominees shall pay for services if they advertise
through local radio and television in excess of time
allocated by the General Election Commission.
5. Promotion, campaigns
and meetings with the electorate for elections of Citizens
Representatives' Khurals shall terminate 24 hours before
the day of elections.
Article 25. Guarantee
for activities of nominees
1. Nominees from
any party or coalition shall have the right to explain
their parties', coalition's and their own platforms,
freely express their opinion, conduct promotion and
advertisement through media and obtain necessary information
from their soum or district organisations in accordance
with appropriate procedures.
2. It shall
be prohibited to falsely accuse nominees, to defame
them or disclose their private information or correspondence.
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